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To Staci
LEGAL DEFINITIONS of “DEPRAVED HEART”
Void of social duty and fatally bent on mischief.
MAYES V. PEOPLE, ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT (1883)
Depraved indifference to human life.
PEOPLE V. FEINGOLD, COURT OF APPEALS OF NEW YORK (2006)
The dictate of a wicked, depraved and malignant heart;
Un disposition a faire un male chose; may be either
express, or implied in law.
WILLIAM BLACKSTONE, COMMENTARIES ON THE LAWS OF ENGLAND (1769)
Herr God, Herr Lucifer
Beware
Beware.
Out of the ash
I rise with my red hair
And I eat men like air.
SYLVIA PLATH, “LADY LAZARUS,” 1965
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Legal Definitions of “Depraved Heart”
