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Breaking: Zimmerman in Custody, to Be Charged With 2nd Degree Murder

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wrenchwench4/11/2012 2:59:39 pm PDT
2. SECOND-DEGREE MURDER — The crime of second-degree murder occurs when a person commits either murder with a depraved mind or accomplice felony murder.

Murder with a depraved mind occurs when a person is killed, without any premeditated design, by an act imminently dangerous to another and evincing a depraved mind showing no regard for human life.

The primary distinction between premeditated first-degree murder and second-degree murder with a depraved mind is that first-degree murder requires a specific and premeditated intent to kill.

The crime of second degree murder is classified as a first degree felony. If convicted of second degree murder, a judge is required to impose a minimum prison sentence of 16 years in prison and can impose any additional combination of the following penalties:

Up to Life in prison.

Up to Life on probation.

Up to $10,000 in fines.

Read more here: miamiherald.com