• Pixelologist@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      9 months ago

      Unless I’m mistaken Murder means UNJUSTIFIED/UNLAWFUL homicide, so capital punishment cannot be murder. Neither can abortion (as long as it is legal I guess).

      The killing of another person without justification or excuse, especially the crime of killing a person with malice aforethought or with recklessness manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life."

      https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/murder