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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
Because the vast amount of murders are committed in anger, where the murderer didn't think about the consequence of their actions but would know their action would likely cause death.
The basic defense against 1st degree murder is anger, and as you might imagine almost all murders happen in anger, which is why 1st degree charges are rare and difficult, usually they are restricted to situations where the victim is restrained and the murderer continues to harm them in a manner that he knows will cause death, serial killers etc
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But you said "but premeditation is literally the action of deciding to kill someone, under any circumstance other than self defence". So it doesn't matter that it was in anger and that they didn't think about the consequences. They decided to kill, so according to you that's 1st degree murder.