premeditation

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The motion also lays out evidence of premeditation and the brothers’ attempts to cover their tracks.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2025

Orlando Pownall, defending Thomas, offered no personal mitigation on behalf of his client but said there was not a "significant degree of planning or premeditation".

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2025

In “The Thing at Hand,” DiFranco embraces living completely in the moment, beyond identity or premeditation.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2024

"On the last occasion, he acted because of the pain she was under," he said, adding there was no premeditation.

From Reuters • Jun. 29, 2023

Having established premeditation of great degree, Green left the witness to the ministrations of the defense.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote