Reference no: EM133612497

Problem: Bill is sitting on the front steps of his home. Bill knows soon the police will come for him. But Bill had no other choice. Bill suspected for months his wife, Ellen, was having an affair but he didn't know who with. Bill planned to killEllen, and let her lover live in shame. But Bill didn't expect to come home and find his wife with his brother, Jack. Bill reacted on instinct. Bill grabbed the gun from his dresser and shot and killed Ellen and Jack. Bill figured he had to kill his brother Jack because he was always armed and he was a dangerous man. The brother's revolver fell from his pocket as he dropped to the floor, dead. You are a police officer called to the scene. What evidence would you try to collect? You are the prosecutor. What crime(s) would you charge? Would they be the same for both victims? What was the actus reus of the crime(s) identified in above? What was the mens rea of the crime(s) identified in above? Would it be the same for both victims? What was the harm and the causation? You are Bill's defense attorney. What defenses would you raise? What facts or arguments would you raise to support those defenses? You are the prosecutor. What arguments would you use against Bill's defenses?