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A quick definition of sudden heat:

Sudden heat refers to a strong feeling of anger, fear, or hatred that is suddenly triggered by something someone else says or does. This intense emotion can sometimes lead to violent actions, and in the past, it was considered a mitigating factor in murder cases. This means that if someone committed murder in a state of sudden heat, they may be charged with a lesser crime like manslaughter. However, it's important to note that this doesn't excuse violent behavior and people are still responsible for their actions.

A more thorough explanation:

Sudden heat, also known as heat of passion, refers to a strong emotional reaction such as rage, terror, or furious hatred that is suddenly provoked by someone's words or actions.

Under common law, sudden heat of passion could be considered a mitigating circumstance that would reduce a murder charge to manslaughter.

For example, if someone walks in on their spouse cheating and in a fit of rage, kills the cheating partner, they may be able to argue that they acted in sudden heat of passion.

However, the passion must be extreme enough to temporarily override reason and control the person's actions.

Overall, sudden heat is a legal term used to describe a specific type of emotional response that can have implications in criminal cases.

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noreaster

11:42

They still stalking ur linkedin dig?

pinkandblue

11:43

(yes, yes they are)

DigiFartHoe

11:44

It is like they say, lsat used to be like 1.3 tries per person, now it is like 3+ lmfao bet lsac loves alllllll that new revenue that the board can use to hire proctor companies they own. Wonder if they are incentivized to give scores below what the person got to make them take it again/pay LSAC again? Also yes, they actually deleted it on me the other day lmfao

noreaster

11:45

Oh no they deleted your linkedin? How will you get a job now?

DigiFartHoe

11:48

My dude, you dont use linkedin to find jobs, you use it to see pages, like exporter groups and the posts they make, finance management group pages showing new software you will want to be trained on not to be obsolete, etc. Also, i have 30+ family members i can hit up whenever i want for a job, but i am already set. Not all of us are 22 year old kids with no real world experience lmfao like i get it, you cant wait to quit starbucks!!!!

legallybrunettelily

11:48

what is going on here

pinkandblue

11:48

digi is old reveallllllllllllll omg

ParallelAgreeableOrangutan

11:50

Starbucks is more "real world experience" than hitting up "30+ family members" for a job :)

ParallelAgreeableOrangutan

11:51

Prior service industry work is a strong predictor of success in law school

noreaster

11:51

Oh no how will you find an exporter group?

DigiFartHoe

11:52

And on another note, i and believe many others, would gladly pay say $750 to have our test be paper, marked in front of us, and disclosed. That way you can see if your 179 paper score is what they put on your digital profile. Surely 3x current test cost accounts for the costs associated with additional test development that can only be used once as opposed to several times. haha yeah keep telling yourself that, wagie - i make people like u do life threatening activities in a sweatshop to lower costs. @para AHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAhA calm down dean z, still got imposter syndrome 50 years later eh?

noreaster

11:56

I’m really worried that you won’t be able to find software you want to be trained on to not be obsolete anymore. Will you promise me you’ll still go look for it so you don’t become obsolete?

llama

11:58

@DigiFartHoe: Also really worried that you will not be using CRM 6.9.v420 and will loose out on market share.

noreaster

11:59

Llama you and I have so much in common

llama

11:59

Also, unrelated but ya lunch is ready king, com'on get it while its fresh ;)

JupitersMoons

12:00

wow this is a fun room temp to walk into

llama

12:00

@noreaster: bruh i infect all around me with my virulent hivemind, no one is safe. Someone or other plz lock me up and toss the key into an abyss

llama

12:01

@JupitersMoons: call me Mnene bc I a beta moon who orbits Jupiter

DigiFartHoe

12:01

@llama: you people are idiots, that is just an example - think learning a new language or way to use the language or you arent a swe anymore cuz the 22 year olds all are trained on that and so is sr management who is shifting it taht way for reasons.

DigiFartHoe

12:03

Not a critical task, but this can be seen with the memes around "wahhh i make 10% of what my boss does who needs me to make PDFs for him:

llama

12:03

@DigiFartHoe: While I do not doubt your first premise, I take issue with your assertion that you can learn a new language when typing English common on a keyboard seems to be a daunting task (no offense, plz dont hit me), also glass haus.

DigiFartHoe

12:04

Once again you prove you are a naïve, inexperienced child - this refers to coding languages, which the term "swe" indicates. What you get on RC?

llama

12:04

0/27

llama

12:06

the test is rigged tho I did a month long study to prove the correct answers lacked relevance to the text provided and required you to grow brain worms, crawl into author's mind, in order to ascertain what they were thinking, so.

ParallelAgreeableOrangutan

12:07

Digi: claims LSAT scores aren't real. Also Digi: tries to insult someone by using LSAT scores

llama

12:07

Also, I support SWE: SWE - The World's Largest Advocate for Women in Engineering, but I do not understand the need to bring them up into discussion at this time/place

DigiFartHoe

12:11

@ParallelAgreeableOrangutan: i am claiming official scores are likely tampered for a variety of reasons, but your ability shown on ones you can verify everyone with is something you can point to as a way to indicate prowess. But if the dumbest person i ever met says they got 170s, cant explain shit, and is just dumb, i assume they got gifted a score by the commie hacker brigade

NightHawkBird

12:12

@DigiFartHoe: how can you say you’ve retired from your law school journey in your bio and still be arguing on lsd law weirdo

llama

12:12

or else maybe they guessed on all questions and miraculous nailed it?

DigiFartHoe

12:15

@NightHawkBird: oh my god why are you so obsessed with me

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