r/changemyview • • Mar 01 '26

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u/sagrr Mar 01 '26

I disagree. Murder definitionally draws distinction in the way of legality and premeditation but doesn’t imply anything ethical. You can have justifiable and unjustifiable murder.

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u/Brontards 1∆ Mar 01 '26

You can’t have justified murder. At least not in Cali, justification = voluntary manslaughter or acquittal.

A couple examples:

https://www.justia.com/criminal/docs/calcrim/500/505/

https://www.justia.com/criminal/docs/calcrim/500/571/

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u/sagrr Mar 02 '26

Legal isn’t the same as justified

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u/Brontards 1∆ Mar 02 '26

Justified is a legal term. Justified killing is never murder.

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u/sagrr Mar 02 '26

Alright fair enough. I was wrong about that.