In most states, which of the following is not deemed to be a legally adequate provocation for voluntary manslaughter?  

At common law, a criminal homicide committed with malice aforethought was murder.  

In modern law, capital murder is the most serious crime.  

Murder involves the unlawful killing of another person with malicious intent, while manslaughter involves unintentional killing without malice.

Deborah wants to kill her husband.  She is tired of him spending all of her hard-earned money on drugs.  She plans out the killing very carefully.  She is going to bake his favorite cake and ice cream and put poison in it.  She plans the day of the killing, buys the needed supplies, makes a cake, and waits for him to eat it and die.  Deborah has committed felony murder.

Voluntary manslaughter is a form of unintentional accidental killings.  

Manslaughter was the most serious crime in common law.  

All felony murders are intentional killings.

Bob walks in and finds his wife, Sue, having an affair with his best friend Steve.  Bob picks up a lamp and beats Sue and Steve to death.  Bob will likely be found guilty of involuntary manslaughter as this was a sudden heat of passion killing with adequate provocation.  

Murder and Manslaughter are the same thing.

Serial killers are usually found to be guilty of 1st-degree premeditated murder.  

Felony murder requires intent to __________

At common law, murder was distinguished from manslaughter in that murder required________.

At common law, murder was divided into first, second, and third-degree murder.  

The killing of a human fetus at common law was a murder.  

A Defendant who cools off after the initial provocation and then intentionally kills is guilty of voluntary manslaughter.

Manslaughter was not a crime at common law.  

Tiffany plans to kill her boss.  She plans it for weeks to make sure everything is perfect.  She is going to stab him to death.  Once she lures him to the remote cabin she realizes that she wants to torture him for awhile. She begins by cutting off all of fingers and toes.  Then she cuts off his feet and hands. Then she allows him to bleed to death.  The prosecutor found this crime to be heinous in nature and wants to seek the maximum punishment--the death penalty.  What crime should Tiffany be charged with to receive the death penalty?  

In modern law, second-degree murder is the most serious crime.