The "provocation defense" allows people in certain states to kill someone just because the other person made them mad, changing the charge from murder to manslaughter or in TX, UT & NM, a "freebie" ref: https://books.google.com/books?id=jhQVCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA20&lpg=PA20&dq=provocation+law+texas+new+mexico&source=bl&ots=2QiVYyAE3b&sig=g5KiX3WaeYN5A9GRuoW0QaKYZno&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwinjaySp9PZAhVhkuAKHabED0IQ6AEIUzAE#v=onepage&q=provocation%20law%20texas%20new%20mexico&f=false
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March 4, 2018