What is Malice Aforethought

For more information, visit: www.lawdepot.com/?pid=pg-BFYMIBUINL-generaltextlin… When someone acts with malice aforethought, he or she is in a state of mind which results in deliberate injury or death for another person. When it can be demonstrated that someone acted in this way, this fills the requirement of mens rea or “guilty mind” which is needed for certain types of convictions. A number of different things can be used to provide evidence that someone acted with malice aforethought and thus deserves a more severe penalty.