Motives and Opportunities: Is They Necessary to Prove Murder?
When someone is prosecuted for murder, you are often asked to have "motivation and opportunity" to commit a crime. Prosecutors can use this argument in the court. If a case is reported, the media echoes those words without doubt. Defense may argue that there is no motivation or opportunity as part of defense. But is motivation and opportunity necessary to confess? Every crime has an element. The element of crime is what must be proved to prove that the defendant is guilty. For instance, prosecutors must prove that the defendant killed the victim in order to accuse the accused with murder charges. A malignant person means basically having a plan to kill. In order to prove that the defendant is guilty, there is no motivation or the opportunity to commit a crime. So, why are these words spoken very well in court? Motivation is why The defendant killed. Money and sex are a common motive. Jealousy about recently acquired life insurance and incidents, for example, may be a strong ...