Such incidents could be connected to premeditation in the case, Redwood said: "There are elements of this case which on one reading of the evidence could suggest that there was an element of pre-planning or reconnaissance".
Those who see premeditation in the acts Mr. Loughner is accused of committing can cite, for example, his pleading of the Fifth Amendment or the envelope the authorities found in his safe that bore the handwritten words "Giffords," "My assassination" and "I planned ahead" — or how he bided his time in the supermarket, even using the men's room.
First, the findings from several studies suggest that non-fatal self-poisoning in Sri Lanka is associated with brief premeditation in the context of acute interpersonal stress, albeit that no study investigated concurrent long term stressors or other vulnerability factors which might have increased the risk of non-fatal self-poisoning in the context of interpersonal stress.
In an attempt to show Holmes's awareness and premeditation, Brauchler walked the jury through the defendant's Google chat transcripts, writings, and meetings with counselors which discussed killing others.
They also said Mr Tsarnaev allegedly committed the killings after "substantial planning and premeditation" and that the eight year-old boy who died in the blast was a "particularly vulnerable" victim because of his age.
In August 1996, the military court found Priebke guilty of complicity in the killings but not guilty of "cruelty and premeditation," and the case was thrown out on the grounds that the statute of limitations had expired.
Based on the circumstances surrounding the Delhi High Court attack, what's your opinion on the sophistication and premeditation of the attackers?
The indictment said Mr. Lewis committed the offense "after substantial planning and premeditation to cause the death of a person".
The indictment says Ciancia, 23, "committed the offence after substantial planning and premeditation to cause the death of a person and to commit an act of terrorism".
In a notice of intent to the court, summarizing what the government would argue, McNulty wrote that death was warranted because Moussaoui, although not present on September 11th, intentionally and with premeditation participated in the act, in "an especially heinous, cruel and depraved manner" and with "reckless disregard for human life".
