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==Description==
 
==Description==
 
'''Murder''' is the unlawful killing of another [[human being]] with "malice aforethought", and generally this [[state]] of [[mind]] distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide (such as manslaughter). As the loss of a human being inflicts enormous grief upon the [[individuals]] close to the victim, as well as the fact that the commission of a murder is highly detrimental to the [[good]] order within [[society]], most societies both present and in antiquity have considered it a most serious [[crime]] [[worthy]] of the harshest of [[punishment]]. In the US, a person convicted of murder is typically given a life sentence or the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_penalty death penalty] for such an [[act]]. A person who commits murder is called a murderer ; the term murderess, meaning a [[woman]] who murders, has largely fallen into disuse.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder]
 
'''Murder''' is the unlawful killing of another [[human being]] with "malice aforethought", and generally this [[state]] of [[mind]] distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide (such as manslaughter). As the loss of a human being inflicts enormous grief upon the [[individuals]] close to the victim, as well as the fact that the commission of a murder is highly detrimental to the [[good]] order within [[society]], most societies both present and in antiquity have considered it a most serious [[crime]] [[worthy]] of the harshest of [[punishment]]. In the US, a person convicted of murder is typically given a life sentence or the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_penalty death penalty] for such an [[act]]. A person who commits murder is called a murderer ; the term murderess, meaning a [[woman]] who murders, has largely fallen into disuse.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder]
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[[Category: Law]]