2007-05-17 04:36:03 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Britains most famous crime of passion was the case of Ruth Ellis who shot David Blakely.
Many at the time said that Ellis should not have been convicted of murder and executed, but it is worth noting that Ellis admitted in open court that she intended to kill Blakely and at the time the only sentence was death.
Studying the case it is obvious Ellis was not "in control" at the time of the shooting, but it is true that if she had tried to evade the gallows she would more than likely have been successful.
2007-05-17 04:43:50 · answer #1 · answered by Nexus6 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No.
Passion is a pseudor-religionst's negative idea about unusual degrees of emotion; it's equivalent to their attack on individual of selfish 'greed"--an inordinate desire for something, some value.
Neither emotion nor quantified desire are automatically negative; the context of who wants or feels what and for what reason determines whether or not the "passion" is usefully true or just too much of a feeling; just as the rightness of the object desired and the quality of the person desiring it determines if the greed is a sensible one or a waste of one's powers.
A crime of passion depends on the rights of individuals; our constitution has no such definitions of rights left.
A crime takes away an individual's right; the motivation behind it doesn't matter as much as what rights are being wrecked.
Passion or excess emotion can never be the cause of a crime--the cause is motivation to commit the crime; the man who cannot control emotions is mentally ill; the man who follows emotions by checking on them is sane--and can be either right or wrong.
The answer to your fine questions is "No. The concepts as stated are without real meaning.
2007-05-17 11:51:25 · answer #2 · answered by Robert David M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes-I don't think anyone should get off just because they committed such a crime though. Too many people are set free because they were caught up the that particular moment. Weather they planned it or not the person is still dead, injured or whatever.
2007-05-17 11:46:56 · answer #3 · answered by Lakin J 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, there is.
Perhaps you see your girlfriend in the arms of another lover, you are outraged and you kill them both. THAT is a crime of passion.
I also believe that a parent attacking someone who has hurt/killed their child would be a crime of passion. But that is just my opinion.
2007-05-17 11:39:59 · answer #4 · answered by nowyouknow 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It's simply someone reacting out of pure emotion. Rage is the best example.
2007-05-17 11:42:24 · answer #5 · answered by Janet L 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think so. If someone has a sudden burst of anger. The fact that they have been unable to control themselves, however, may suggest an underlying mental illness.
2007-05-17 11:39:34 · answer #6 · answered by allears 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes in France but nowhere else as far as I am aware.
2007-05-17 12:13:58 · answer #7 · answered by LillyB 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Crimes committed in anger are crimes of passion.
2007-05-17 11:42:58 · answer #8 · answered by Shirley T 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes - if my man cheated on me i'd castrate him!!!! that my friend would be a crime of passion!!
2007-05-17 11:38:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
imagine you think your happily maried and you get home to find your wife and your best friend?
or you see ur mums new boyfriend give her a slap?
2007-05-17 11:40:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋