The Crime of Murder essays

The Crime of Murder essays Murder is known throughout the world as the killing of another person. The term murder and the definition can be traced back to pre-roman days. By todays law and statues, the legal definition of murder is more complex than simply the killing of another human being. Murder has two distinct categories and various requisites that the crime needs to fit to make it an official murder. Although these two categories have many similarities, they differ in many ways that few people fully understand. Definition and Classifications of Murder Merriam Webster Dictionary defines murder as the unlawful and premeditated killing of another human being. According to the California Penal Code 2003 Edition Section 187, Murder is the unlawful killing of a human being, or a fetus, with malice aforethought. Section 187 does not apply to those individuals who: Act according to the Therapeutic Abortion Act. Are a board certified physician or surgeon and could articulate, with a strong medical certainty, that the mother would die because of childbirth. The act was solicited, aided, abetted, or consented to by the mother of the fetus. Murder has two distinct sub-categories that every murder is classified as. They are first degree murder and second degree murder. First degree murder has a detailed list of pre-requisites that the crime must meet for it to be classified as first degree. If the crime fails to meet either one of the requisites, then it is classified as second degree murder. The Penal Code definition of first degree murder is very specific as to which crimes are first degree murder cases. The Penal Code is also very specific as to how a crime qualifies as first degree murder. To qualify as first degree murder, the crime must have both premeditation and expressed malice. Premeditation is defined as thought and intention to commit a crime well in ad...

Cosmos Episode 1 Viewing Worksheet

Cosmos Episode 1 Viewing Worksheet Once in awhile, it is necessary to have a movie day in class. Perhaps you have a substitute teacher and want to make sure your students are still learning and reinforcing concepts youve been studying. Other times call for a reward of a movie day or as a supplement to a unit that may be particularly difficult to grasp. Whatever the reason, a great show to watch on these movie days is Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey with host Neil deGrasse Tyson. He makes science accessible and exciting for all ages and levels of learning. The first episode of Cosmos, called Standing Up in the Milky Way,  was an overview of science from the beginning of time. It touches on everything from the Big Bang Theory to the Geologic Time Scale to Evolution and Astronomy. Below are questions that can be copy and pasted into a worksheet and modified as necessary for students to fill in as they watch Episode 1 of Cosmos. These questions are designed to check understanding of some of the most important parts while hopefully not taking away from the experience of watching the show.    Cosmos Episode 1 Worksheet  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Name:___________________    Directions: Answer the questions as you watch episode 1 of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey    1.  What is the name of Neil deGrasse Tyson’s â€Å"spaceship†?          2.  What is responsible for creating wind and keeping everything in the solar system in its clutches?          3.  What lies between Mars and Jupiter?          4.  How big is the centuries-old hurricane on Jupiter?          5.  What had to be invented before we could discover Saturn and Neptune?          6.  What is the name of the spacecraft that has traveled the farthest away from Earth?          7.  What is the Oort Cloud?          8.  How far from the center of the Milky Way Galaxy do we live?          9.  What is the â€Å"address† of Earth in the cosmos?          10.  Why do we not know yet if we live in a â€Å"multiverse†?          11.  Who wrote the banned book that Giordano Bruno read that gave him the idea that the Universe was infinite?          12.  How long was Bruno jailed and tortured?          13.  What happened to Bruno after he refused to change his mind about his beliefs of an infinite Universe?          14.  Who was able to prove Bruno right 10 years after his death?          15.  How many years does one month symbolize on the â€Å"cosmic calendar†?          16.  What date on the â€Å"cosmic calendar† did the Milky Way Galaxy appear?          17.  What date on the â€Å"cosmic calendar† was our Sun born?          18.  What day and time did human ancestors first evolve on the â€Å"cosmic calendar†?          19.  What do the last 14 seconds on the â€Å"cosmic calendar† represent?          20.  How many seconds ago on the â€Å"cosmic calendar† did the two halves of the world find each other?          21.  How old was Neil deGrasse Tyson when he met Carl Sagan in Ithaca, New York?          22. What is Carl Sagan most famous for?