They sit somewhere, with malice aforethought, and coldly and calculatedly take someone's character apart. |
Try to imagine, for a moment, an attacker armed with a knife coming at you with every intention of committing malice aforethought. |
It is a classic case of cold-blooded murder with malice aforethought. |
If the jury decided that James lacked malice aforethought, he could still be found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, i.e., unlawful killing without malice aforethought. |
It should be noted, however, that malice aforethought is a technical term whose meaning implies neither ill-will nor premeditation. |
If malice aforethought is lacking the unlawful homicide will be manslaughter. |