Discuss Mental State Required Murder Contrast Mental State Required Rape Robbery Q34286432

Discuss the mental state required in a murder and contrast itwith the mental state required in rape or robbery.

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The mental state required in a murder is either of extreme hatewith the victim where the attacker can’t see the victim alive owingto previous rivalries or scores to be settled, or sense of fearfrom the victim, both immediate or in distant future where thevictim shares a secret about the attacker, which can be hugelyundermine the future of attacker, or of a feeling of self defencewhere the attacker believes in killing in order to avoid beingkilled. Other mindsets can be of