"Correct me if I'm wrong, but second-degree murder means premeditated, intentional, straight-up murder, right?"
I'm sure this varies from state to state, but my impression is that second degree murder is NOT premeditated, but something done in a rage, or on the spur of the moment. Except of course for LEOs where, although you might not have planned to kill them, it would still count as first degree murder.
But I still wish that convicts, ESPECIALLY MURDERERS, would be made to serve all their sentances.
Thank you. What use is a sentence for such criminals if time is not served?