Question

Jana, a young woman, is married to Mark. She gets into a romantic relationship with her colleague, Jacob. She wants to marry Jacob but does not want to go through divorce proceedings and split her assets with Mark. Therefore, she decides to kill Mark. One evening, she goes home early after work, sneaks up on her husband, and bludgeons him to death. Jana most likely committed _____.

Answer 1

Murder

Step-by-step explanation:

In terms of law and order murder is the act of killing a person unjustly and unlawfully. Murder is always done with intent.

Here, Jana killed her husband with the intent of doing so. In her mind the presence of her husband Mark was causing her discomfort. So, much so that she bludgeoned him to death. Mark was not sentenced to die but was killed by his wife which makes his death a murder.