A crime of passion, in popular usage, refers to a violent crime, especially homicide, in which the perpetrator commits the act against someone because of sudden strong impulse such as anger or jealous
A love triangle featuring Paolo and Francesca da Rimini in The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri), depicted by Ingres
Sickles shoots Key in 1859.
French literature of the 19th century often justified crimes of passion, as is the case of writer Alexandre Dumas fils, and influenced the views of the upper classes, including those sitting on juries, about such homicides.
Lisa Marie Nowak is an American aeronautical engineer, former NASA astronaut, and retired United States Navy officer. Nowak served as naval flight officer and flight test engineer in the Navy, and was
Crime of passion
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An LTV EA-7L Corsair II of VAQ-34 in 1987
Nowak in the systems engineering simulator
Nowak reviews data on a computer monitor with Mark Kelly (center) and Steven W. Lindsey (right) during a training session at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory.