Legal Studies ELEMENTS OF MURDER AND MANSLAUGHTER All crimes involve a wrongful act and a guilty mind. This is expressed in the official definition of murder as unlawfully kills and malice aforethought. The degree of malice determines weather it is murder or manslaughter. Generally, murder includes the intent to kill or harm seriously with reckless indifference. Manslaughter includes the intent to harm that results in death. This is involuntary manslaughter. Voluntary manslaughter would occur if …showed first 75 words of 1048 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1048 total…The prosecution, although they lost, did a good job considering the amount of evidence there was. HOW WOULD I HAVE DECIDED THIS CASE If I were a member of the jury, I would have said he was “not-guilty”. The rule is - “beyond reasonable doubt”. Fact was, there was a lot of doubt. There was no strong evidence pointing the finger at the defendant and there were numerous other suspects who probably killed the baby.