Will I get my sentence reduced if I ate my victim?

Question

Prosecutors are considering only 2nd degree murder charges against the man who chopped off the head of his victim and ate parts of him. Is that a good way to avoid 1st degree murder charges?

Answer 1

what a lame question!  this clearly has nothing to do with reducing charges but with insanity.  

Answer 2

it seems that eating one's victim would certainly make the jurors think about worse sentencing.

Answer 3

that has nothing to do with getting charges reduced.

2nd is the oppsite it may have been accident or was unplanned murder the person was not aware that it was going to happen themselves, but they did do it and they realise that the other person lost a life Premeditation. 1st Degree murder is planned ahead.1st - directly responsible

2nd - provided aid to someone who committed the 1st degree murder

Answer 4

It really depends on where you live. Ie in a country like Sweden a stunt like that would land you in a mental hospital instead of prison. They can keep you for as long as it takes, but there have been cases of 'mentally ill' murderers who are released after a couple of months.

Answer 5

I don't think it will influence sentencing, but it could have a lot of bearing on an insanity defense, or attesting to the general mental state of the defendant.

Also, not that this matters much, but I don't think anyone will accept a blood tranfusion from him for life. I wonder.

Answer 6

He is being charged with 2nd degree murder because 1st degree murder is when you plan to kill someone or kill someone while commiting another crime.  They can still charge him with 1st degree, but it's much easier to prove it as a second degree murder since it was very random.  Either way, he'll be in jail for the rest of his life.

Answer 7

Every state and every country defines their laws differently.  I have no idea what the definition of first degree murder is in that jurisdiction. I know that my state's definition is different than our neighboring state's. Nor do I know what the difference in penalty is.  If you are likewise unfamiliar with the statutes of that place, then you have no basis, none at all, for any criticism of the charging decisions of that prosecutor.

Answer 8

it wasnt 1st degree because they can not prove it was premeditated