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1) Look up Massachusetts law and cite any Massachusetts statutes that address whether words can serve as adequate provocation in a manslaughter case

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1) Look up Massachusetts law and cite any Massachusetts statutes that address whether words can serve as adequate provocation in a manslaughter case.  Should words be able to serve as adequate provocation to reduce murder to manslaughter?

3. Compare and contrast voluntary and involuntary manslaughter.

4. Discuss current law of the actus reus and mens rea of murder. Please give examples.

5. Most states today have four main types of criminal homicide. Define and discuss these and provide examples of each.