Don't touch that head scarf!

[Lujack]

At least he didn’t hack her head off with a rusty scimitar and videotape it for audience amusement on Al-Jazeera.

Interesting. So this woman in Chicago is guilty of every crime committed by Al-Qaeda in the Middle East, by the sheer fact of also being a Muslim.

 

[wabrams]

That’s not true; the difference between first and second degree murder often comes down to motive, and the same goes for many of the different types of manslaughter. Motive is an essential ingredient in determining which crimes are which, and how much they are punished.

Not so much; it is more of a question of premeditated (1st degree); murder unintentionally committed in the commission of another crime (2nd degree); all others are 3rd degree.

Motive comes into play when sorting through suspects.