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location where the crime was committed.

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a .22 caliber revolver.

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Amanda Kay Proffitt shot her mother on April 22nd of this year in Brushfork, West Virginia because her mother objected to Amanda's boyfriend moving into their home. At first Amanda tried claiming that her mother had been shot by somebody else, and called the police. But after being read her Miranda Rights, she confessed that at 9:50 p.m. she had enough of her controlling mother and pulled the trigger of a .22 caliber revolver.

http://www.bdtonline.com/news/facing-first-degree-murder-woman-indicted-in-connection-with-fatal/article_c5a4fe18-b21a-11e7-a12b-bf097d52ef91.html

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FEDERAL LEVEL THEN: the estimated number of murders in the nation during 2000 was 15,586.
STATE LEVEL THEN: 891 murders for a population of 12,419,293.

FEDERAL LEVEL NOW:
the estimated number of murders in the nation last year was 17,250. This was an 8.6 percent increase from the 2015 estimate, a 16.1 percent increase from the 2012 figure, and a 0.7 percent rise from the number in 2007.
STATE LEVEL NOW:  the total number of murder in Illinois last year was 1,054 for a population of 12,801,539.

Conclusions: The murder rates are increasing at a state and national level. There are nearly 2,000 more murders now than there were in 2000 PER YEAR. Murder rate in Illinois increased by roughly 200 more since 2000.

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-Kristen catches her boyfriend of 6 years cheating on her with another woman. In the next few days, she buys a gun and waits in the kitchen for her boyfriend to come home from work. When he walks in the door she shoots him and kills him.
This is first degree murder because she went through the process of purchasing a gun and waited to commit the murder.

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1. A death sentence if the person murdered an officer, fireman, an employee, a prisoner, or more than one person.
2. Prison for life
3. 20-60 years in prison, possibly extended between 60-100 years, and a 3 year mandatory supervised release term.

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1. Premeditated (planned or thought of beforehand)
2. Deliberate, which means it is done with awareness of consequences and not committed in heat of passion )
3. Done with malice and intent to kill or cause severe bodily injury.

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the unlawful killing of a human by another human, which was planned in advance and done with malice.