Aggravated assault is an attempt to cause serious bodily harm to an individual with disregard for
human life. Factors that raise an assault to the aggravated level typically include the use of a weapon,
the status of the victim, the intent of the perpetrator, and the degree of injury caused.
01 - Manslaughter: Voluntary
Voluntary manslaughter is commonly defined as an intentional killing in which the offender had no prior
intent to kill, such as a killing that occurs in the "heat of passion." The circumstances leading to the
killing must be the kind that would cause a reasonable person to become emotionally or mentally disturbed;
otherwise, the killing may be charged as a first-degree or second-degree murder.
For example, Dan comes home to find his wife in bed with Victor. In the heat of the moment, Dan picks up a
golf club from next to the bed and strikes Victor in the head, killing him instantly.
02 - Espionage
Espionage or spying is the act of obtaining secret or confidential information or divulging of the
same without the permission of the holder of the information. Spies help agencies uncover secret information.
Any individual or spy ring (a cooperating group of spies), in the service of a government,
company or independent operation, can commit espionage. The practice is clandestine, as it is by definition
unwelcome. In some circumstances it may be a legal tool of law enforcement and in others it may be illegal and
punishable by law. Espionage is a method of intelligence gathering which includes information gathering from
non-disclosed sources.
Espionage is often part of an institutional effort by a government or commercial concern. However, the term
tends to be associated with state spying on potential or actual enemies for military purposes. Spying involving
corporations is known as industrial espionage.
One of the most effective ways to gather data and information about a targeted organization is by infiltrating
its ranks. This is the job of the spy (espionage agent). Spies can then return information such as the size and
strength of enemy forces. They can also find dissidents within the organization and influence them to provide
further information or to defect. In times of crisis, spies steal technology and sabotage the enemy in various ways.
Counterintelligence is the practice of thwarting enemy espionage and intelligence-gathering. Almost all nations have
strict laws concerning espionage and the penalty for being caught is often severe. However, the benefits gained
through espionage are often so great that most governments and many large corporations make use of it.
Only Now
Captivity EP
SOUK Records
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Captivity is the next highly anticipated extended EP by Kush Arora aka Only Now, following a triptych of self-released output in 2019. Continuing the project’s ever evolving engagement with themes of time and existence, Captivity encompasses versatile synthesis, mutant kuduro, widescreen sound design, turbulent cold fronts of power ambient and melodic undertones of black metal.
The product of a two-year period in which Arora was contending with transitional shifts in his personal life, Captivity is a culmination of what the project has explored both in a prolific run of recent material and as a whole, across several years of time dilating, mind altering music.
Although shaped by adversity and corresponding sentiments of angst and insignificance, Captivity is pitched at total transcendence. Adopting a meticulous approach to production, a methodology which opens up almost every element to transformation and deconstruction, Arora generates forms which possess a sense of pointillist precision, as well as a keen psychedelic potency.
Despite consistency with his earlier output as Only Now, Captivity is nevertheless an indication of Arora’s ability to challenge internal and external assumptions. The introduction of new hardware – namely, the Nord Drum 3P synthesizer – as well as the incorporation of far-flung atmospherics – closing track ‘Clock Lust’ features field recordings from a trip to Kyoto – delivers fresh enterprise and experimentation, contributing to the expansion of a sound signature which remains as unpredictable and compelling as ever.
With the eponymous opener, Arora combines fathomless underworlds and riotous breakbeats. On ‘Mutants’ a hyper-kinetic onslaught of percussion, low-end and stray cut-ups of noise break out, building to a panorama of thunderous industrial firmaments. ‘Perpetual Slaughter’ maintains momentum with icy, ricocheting FX and concussive, tribal drums, and then unexpectedly shifts into a poignant outro which brings to the fore the enduring influence of black metal on the project. ‘Bound 2’ is cut with relentless sub-bass and rapid syncopation, resembling an abstracted form of juke music, something that could feasibly have been masterminded by Autechre. With the LP’s finale, ‘Clock Lust’, Arora presents a finale of transfixing 3D ritualism, the lone toll of a bell ringing out into a mesmeric emptiness.
Together these form a complete statement from Arora, illustrating the fertile and open-ended territories the Only Now project has arrived at after promising outings on Infinite Machine and Discrepant imprint Sucata Tapes. With Captivity Arora delivers a substantial highpoint and a profound voyage into the world of Only Now.
Captivity is released October 11th on Souk Records.
All songs by Kush Arora
Artwork by Karmazid
Mastered & cut by Rashad Becker
03 - Tampering with Evidence
A common scene on TV police dramas is a suspect being chased by the police, and as they attempt to get away the
suspect swallows or tosses the evidence they’re holding. This is a classic example of tampering with evidence.
Tampering with evidence can be any action that destroys, alters, conceals, or falsifies any sort of evidence.
The definition of evidence is also very broad and includes any object, a document, or any sort of record useful
to an investigation or inquiry. Let's take a closer look at the legal issue of tampering with evidence.
Elements of the Offense
The prosecution has the burden of establishing all elements of crime to prove that a person has committed the offence.
Each of these very specific elements must be shown beyond a reasonable doubt for a conviction. The basic elements of tampering with evidence include:
Intent: The most important element of this crime is the accused's state of mind. The prosecution must show that evidence was willfully and
purposefully interfered with. Accidental destruction or simple abandonment (throwing away) is not enough to prove intent.
Knowledge: A person acts knowingly when they are aware that their conduct will probably cause a certain result.
With a tampering charge, the accused must believe that there is a high chance that their actions will result in the
Evidence: This covers every kind of physical object that might be produced in any kind of legal trial, proceeding,
or investigation. It also includes digital images and video recordings.
Awareness of a Potential or Pending Investigation: You may think that a person committing a crime must know that the potential
exists for an investigation. However, even when the accused participates in an "obvious crime," the prosecution must prove
the evidence was tampered with in contemplation of a current or future proceeding.
The Act of Tampering
Tampering is a very broad concept that seems to cover any action that conceals a crime. But there are limits to
what can be charged as a crime. For example, the fact that the accused was a knowing participant in an obvious crime,
such as selling illegal drugs, doesn’t prove that they knew there could be an investigation into that crime or that
the item they destroyed was evidence. So the fact that they threw away a piece of evidence doesn't necessarily mean they were destroying evidence.
Actions that can trigger an evidence tampering charge include:
Alter, destroy, conceal, or remove a thing or item with the purpose of hiding the truth or making an item unavailable for a proceeding or investigation; or
Make, present, or use an item in a manner to deceive any other party who is or may be engaged in the proceeding or investigation.
04 - Solicitation
Legal status may be specific to the time or place where it occurs. The crime of "solicitation to commit a crime"
occurs when a person encourages, "solicits, requests, commands, importunes or otherwise attempts to cause" another
person to attempt or commit a crime, with the purpose of thereby facilitating the attempt or commission of that crime.
