…would a jury convict you of murder? Would such a “crime of passion” be excused by the circumstances?
Suppose you have a super defense, and they get a favorable jury…could you actually escape all charges?
Seems unlikely.
Super defense? As in a legal argument? What legal argument would justify a double homicide of unarmed victims? “They needed killin’, your Honor.”
Morally no. Cheating on your spouse isn’t nice but it’s not an assault on you; there’s no justification for violence on your part. But I’m sure some juries would cheerfully let you off.
I’ve heard of that happening I think.
Temporary insanity.
Possible, but don’t bet on it, unless you had the foresight to be treated for mental illness before you committed your crime:
This source says that it wouldn’t have been a crime in Texas prior to 1974. The Dangerous Passion
Temporary insanity? Wikipedia seems to agree with me on this. Either that, or just plain jury nullification.
Just claim to be following Sharia and drag her into the street for a good old fashioned stoning
I know all about this 'cause I’ve seen all 692 episodes of Prisoner: Cell Block H.
Evidently if you’re in Australia during the time period of 1979 - 1986 you can do this and get off with a good behaviour bond 
Bea Smith who killed the woman her husband was fooling around with is talking to Karen who killed her husband after she found him with another woman.
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It sounds like Manslaughter, from what I recall, you would argue that the act of finding your wife in bed with another man, constitutes provocation.
It would be a lesser included offense to murder, but I’ll let someone more experienced than myself in Criminal law explain it.
Y’r’honour, I move for the dismissal of my client’s case on the basis of canis mihi nefas facit. The facts of the case clearly establish that the bitch, indeed, done my client wrong.
I believe they updated the law so that women are allowed the same privelege.
You forgot–“NEED ANSWER FAST”
It may help your case if the only witness is your son, who remains deaf, dumb, and blind for the next several years. On the other hand, it might end up being you that gets killed and the lover that gets away with it. Accounts differ.
Those giddy Texans; ya just gotta love 'em.
By the way, “He needed killin” was an acceptable excuse in Texas, once upon a time.
Two letters O. J.
At common law, voluntary manslaughter is intent to kill murder that is mitigated by adequate provacation, a sudden heat of passion that would inflame the senses of an ordinary person to such a degree that it would cause them to lose their immediate self control. Catching one’s spouse in flagrante delicto is a classic law school example of adequate provocation.
If I am on the jury, I vote to convict a guy who does such a thing of murder. I don’t judge the circumstances to be mitigating.
If I am the guy who has done this, I won’t be convicted; the only reason I would not have pled guilty is that I committed suicide out of guilt.
Only if you use Bas Rutten’s foolproof method. 1:27: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNXRInrSSVU