Murder is the killing of a human being with malice aforethought. malice aforethought is the premeditation and planning of the crime. malice aforethought shows that one considered the consequence of the action and knowingly committed the crime. the malice aforethought would be the
a) indictment
b) actus reus
c) mens rea
d) voir dire

C) mens rea

Explanation:

Mens rea is when someone takes an intentional action to kill or harm another person. The person actual has a purpose to harm someone which means he or she first planned the action knowingly so that such action will cause harm to another human being.

Mens rea a person commit a crime knowingly and willingly with a purpose to harm. It is a planned crime where one thinks about it , draw the plan in his or her mind and then proceed to actual taking action towards the plan.

question - in 1827, john walker, a druggist in a small english town, tipped a splint with sulphur, chlorate of potash, and sulphid of antimony, and rubbed it on sandpaper, and it burst into flame. the druggist had discovered the first friction-chemical match, the kind we use to-day. it is called friction-chemical because it is made by mixing certain chemicals together and rubbing them. although walker's match did not require the bottle of acid, nevertheless it was not a good one. it could be lighted only by hard rubbing, and it sputtered and threw fire in all directions. in a few years, however, phosphorus was substituted on the tip for antimony, and the change worked wonders. the match could now be lighted with very little rubbing, and it was no longer necessary to have sandpaper upon which to rub it. it would ignite when rubbed on any dry surface, and there was no longer any sputtering. this was the phosphorus match, the match with which we are so familiar. according the paragraph what was the benefit of the new phosphorus match? it burst into flame when rubbed on sandpaper. it was made by mixing chemicals. it could be ignited on any dry surface. it threw fire in all directions.

answer - matches required natural chemicals