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Intent to Kill is a 1958 British film noir thriller directed by Jack Cardiff and starring Richard Todd, Betsy Drake and Herbert Lom. [1] The film was based on the 1957 novel of the same name by Brian Moore (as Michael Bryan). It was shot on location in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, with an international cast of European and North American actors.
Intent to Kill may refer to: Intent to Kill (1958 film), a British film noir thriller; Intent to Kill (1992 film), an action, independent and thriller film;
Intent to Kill is a 1992 action, independent and thriller film (released in 1993) directed by Charles T. Kanganis. [1] The film is about drug trafficking , prostitution and police activity. Intent to Kill is rated NC-17 by the United States' Motion Picture Association of America , the reason being extreme violence .
The intent for the felony is transferred to the killing in this type of situation. [citation needed] The language of "malice" is mostly abandoned and intent element of a crime, such as intent to kill, may exist without a malicious motive, or even with a benevolent motive, such as in the case of euthanasia. [4]
The rule of felony murder is a legal doctrine in some common law jurisdictions that broadens the crime of murder: when someone is killed (regardless of intent to kill) in the commission of a dangerous or enumerated crime (called a felony in some jurisdictions), the offender, and also the offender's accomplices or co-conspirators, may be found guilty of murder.
It ["depraved heart" murder] is the form [of murder] that establishes that the wilful doing of a dangerous and reckless act with wanton indifference to the consequences and perils involved is just as blameworthy, and just as worthy of punishment, when the harmful result ensues as is the express intent to kill itself.
The mens rea (Latin for the "guilty mind") for murder is an intention to kill or cause grievous bodily harm, [2] whereas attempted murder depends on an intention to kill and an overt act towards committing homicide. Attempted murder is only the planning of a murder and acts taken towards it, not the actual killing, which is the murder.
In criminal law, lying in wait refers to the act of hiding and waiting for an individual with the intent to kill or inflict serious bodily harm to that person. [1] Because lying in wait involves premeditation, some jurisdictions have established that lying in wait is considered an aggravating circumstance that allows for the imposition of harsher criminal penalties.