| It should be noted, however, that malice aforethought is a technical term whose meaning implies neither ill-will nor premeditation. |
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| The criteria in establishing a serial murder is that there must be planning, premeditation. |
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| The premeditation before the killing, its viciousness, and its apparent motivelessness mark the serial killer as the personification of evil. |
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| Digging a grave smacks of premeditation, and premeditation means the act was calculated. |
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| Now that I'm an out-of-the-house working girl, making time to exercise takes a little more premeditation. |
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| It must be reaffirmed that the premeditation and preparation of the withdrawal decision are contrary to the purpose of the Treaty. |
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| A denial of reality this whole, this pure, requires, I think, some thought, some premeditation. |
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| Furthermore, we are by no means satisfied that there was no premeditation. |
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| Degree of planning and premeditation is always a consideration when a judge is looking at sentencing. |
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| We could have excused an accident or mishap, but that kind of premeditation and malicious intent cannot be excused. |
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| Judge Hendrix sentenced Jeffery Landrigan to death although she found that he had not acted with premeditation. |
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| The only thing I can say in retrospect is that the song was inspired by a certain thing, but there wasn't any kind of premeditation involved. |
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| This internal world is provided with a premeditation that not only to the external world but constructing it. |
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| He noted that the case law on theft revealed that premeditation and a refusal to admit wrongdoing were two factors that militated against reducing the penalty. |
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| But to do it on such an occasion smacked of premeditation. |
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| Such acts certainly suggest premeditation and a precise methodology. |
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| There was some premeditation, which I note as being an aggravating factor. |
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| Even though the AOR did not seek the Member's dismissal from the Force, the Board found that the Member had acted with a degree of premeditation and with the intent to punish the prisoner, and ordered him to resign. |
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| This premeditation moves this internal world towards outside of the human being, constructing the exterior reality and not simply colouring its filter. |
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| The study looked at such variables as premeditation, means of killing, intoxication and mental illness, though the various judges and states had different definitions of each of these factors and their importance and impact. |
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| Murder with calculated premeditation is a capital offense, and should be. |
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