Murder or Manslaughter Directions: Determine if the following examples are murder, manslaughter, or justifiable murder. Once you decide, categorize them, 1st/2nd Degree Murder, Vehicular Murder, Manslaughter, Vehicular Manslaughter, Negligent Manslaughter. Explain your decision with 2sentences

1. Tom is driving down the road and hits a pot-hole. His tire deflates causing him to swerve and hit a biker. The biker crashes and dies
2. While installing a window AC unit on the 7th floor of an apartment building, you mount it wrong and the AC falls to the sidewalk. The AC lands on a pedestrian….
3. Jimbo walks into his house and finds his wife having an affair with his brother Jimbob. Jimbo is angry that he strangles his brother Jimbob to death.
4. While driving down I-4 Betty gets upset that someone cut her off. Betty gets so upset that she rams the back of the car that cut her off causing a crash.
5. Angelina files for divorce from Brad. Brad decides to hire a hit man so he doesn’t have to pay child support.
6. The state of Florida executes a prisoner on death row.
7. One night after drinking, Jon and Chris decide to light off fireworks. The fireworks set the neighbor’s house on fire
8. Jackie is spiteful that her coworker got the promotion she wanted. The next day Jackie cut the brake line in their car
9. One night in Ybor, you are walking to your car. Someone tries to rob you with a knife. You have a concealed weapon and defend yourself.
10. While driving a 32-foot Uhaul truck on I-75, Richard loses control and causes a 14 car pile-up. One of the passengers did not survive.
11. It is a hot August day and Tonya leaves her baby in the car while he runs into Wal-Mart. The reaches 120 degrees and the baby get heat stroke.
12. While on a hunting trip, Zack shoots at a buck but misses. Zack shot his friend who he didn’t know was on the opposite side of the field.
13. Tony bought a new Ferrari. On the way home from the dealership, some one T-bones Tony’s new car. Tony gets so enraged that he attacks the other driver…
14. One day while driving, David sees his ex-girlfriend crossing the road. She cheated on him so decided to get even
15. Michael shoots his new gun into the air to test it out. 2 miles away the bullet strikes someone in the head.