It's not legal, you're just highly likely to get off with that defense.Marlo Stanfield wrote:
Well you said it was a crime of passion and that it was legal. Which wouldn't make sense at the literal level let alone if you actually looked at the crime committed.JohnG@lt wrote:
Oh yeah? About what?Flaming_Maniac wrote:
hey look at me guys I'm JohnG@lt and I have no idea what I'm talking about
http://www.associatedcontent.com/articl … tml?cat=17But is a crime of passion a viable legal defense? Do juries actually buy the notion that a person committed serious assault or murder simply because he was enraged by jealousy? Absolutely. In fact, Texas is known as one of the states with the highest frequency of crimes of passion, as juries often sympathize with a defendant who claims to have committed a crime of passion. We can commiserate with someone who suddenly discovers that his or her spouse is involved with someone else, and can therefore justify giving the defendant a pass.
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