re: 3rd degree murder and manslaughter

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technical terms: 1st degree is premeditated, 2nd degree is not. they are both intentional. 3rd degree is manslaughter.
1st degree murder is premeditated, i.e. i stalk someone over a few days and plan their murder.
2nd degree is more a heat of the moment thing, i.e. i walk in on my wife doing the frick frack with someone and i beat the guy to death. expanding on this, if i walk in on them and go get my gun from the other room and then shoot them, that would be 1st degree because i had time to change my mind.
there is technically no 3rd degree; its manslaughter. there are 2 types, involuntary and voluntary. voluntary would be if me and my friend get in a fight, and i punch them and without intending to kill them, they die.
involuntary would be if me and my girlfriend are taking a walk on a cliffside and i trip and fall into her and she falls off the cliff, or me and my friend are fighting and i punch them and they fall and hit their head and die.

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