Stephanie decided that she is done with her marriage and wants out. She does not want a divorce, as her husband is very wealthy and she will not receive a great deal of money if she divorces him. Stephanie decided to murder her husband so that she can keep his money. Stephanie stabs her husband in the chest in the middle of the night not realizing that he died of a heart attack two hours earlier.
-This scenario is an example of a

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Stephanie decided that she is done with her marriage and wants out. She does not want a divorce, as her husband is very wealthy and she will not receive a great deal of money if she divorces him. Stephanie decided to murder her husband so that she can keep his money. Stephanie stabs her husband in the chest in the middle of the night not realizing that he died of a heart attack two hours earlier.
-This scenario is an example of a​

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This is an example of factual impossibility because even if Stephanie intended to kill her husband, she could not have done so as he was already dead of natural causes. Factual impossibility is a defense to criminal liability as it means that the crime could not have been completed even if the defendant intended to do so.

Stephanie Decided That She Is Done with Her Marriage and Wants