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Contraposition Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

crime of passion

What is a 'crime of passion'?
  

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" In essence the man really does love his baby, but wants to protect it so much he feels it would be safer not to experience this world at all, and is convinced he's doing the baby a favor. ) It can also be in the context of euthanasia. If the suffering of a patient is too much to take, and the plug is pulled, this could be called a crime.

— Hadi1978

  • " In essence the man really does love his baby, but wants to protect it so much he feels it would be safer not to experience this world at all, and is convinced he's doing the baby a favor.
  • ) It can also be in the context of euthanasia.
  • If the suffering of a patient is too much to take, and the plug is pulled, this could be called a crime.
  • But it can also be done out of love to end the patients suffering.
  • These are just a few examples.
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It's a tricky term...but try to look at it this way:
"A man kills his newly born baby to spare him of the cruelties of this world."
In essence the man really does love his baby, but wants to protect it so much he feels it would be safer not to experience this world at all, and is convinced he's doing the baby a favor. (Sorry for such a dark example!)

It can also be in the contex
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A crime committed as a result of strong emotion, such as that associated with a sexual relationship. An example might be someone who catches their lover or spouse in bed with someone else, and kills one or both of them.
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Yes, usually involving love and infidelity.Emotion: heart
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I wouldn't describe either of the examples given by hadi1978 as crimes of passion. Both seem to be the result of a lot of thought. A crime of passion is one that happens before the person has an opportunity to think about what he is doing.
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If a man walks in on his partner and kills both of them it is not out of passion or love for the guy who is doing your girl, but out of resentment, hate and anger.
Definition: a crime committed in the heat of passion...................doesn't say anything about time!

The prosecutor will call it "manslaughter" to get the maximum penalty, and the defense will call it "crime of passion
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hadi1978it is not out of passion or love for the guy who is doing your girl, but out of resentment, hate and anger.
I think you are misunderstanding the meaning of "passion" in the phrase "crime of passion." It doesn't mean love or attraction. It means extreme emotion not moderated by rational thought.
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crime of passion n. a defendant's excuse for committing a crime due to sudden anger or heartbreak, in order to eliminate the element of "premeditation." This usually arises in murder or attempted murder cases, when a spouse or sweetheart finds his/her "beloved" having sexual intercourse with another and shoots or stabs one or both of the coupled pair. To make this claim
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Indeed...I stand corrected!

Thanks for clearing that up!
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