The charge the strongest short of first-degree murder, which involves premeditation carries a possible sentence of life in prison.

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With premeditation, he chose his own gratification above the security of his country and the success of his presidency.

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By comparison, Diana Krall is guilty as charged: possession of an illegal quantity of premeditation and forethought while singing jazz.

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At issue in the case in Riverside County, 60 miles (96km) east of Los Angeles, was whether the boy acted with premeditation.

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But I want to say that there has been no premeditation.

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At the preliminary hearing, Michigan prosecutors claimed that Kevorkian displayed premeditation when he videotaped Youk's death, challenged prosecutors to settle the euthanasia debate and injected poison into Youk's arm.

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Instead, they exercised their prerogative to find the doctor guilty of second-degree murder, which requires no evidence of premeditation and carries a minimum sentence of ten years in prison and a maximum of 25.

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In her ruling, McMillan said that it was clear from the tape that Kevorkian intended to help Youk kill himself, that he delivered a controlled substance by injecting him with lethal doses of drugs and that his help in planing Youk's death proved premeditation.

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