Murder

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Murder is when one person illegally kills another person on purpose. It is not murder if you must kill to defend yourself. Some killing is instead called manslaughter. In the movie I, Robot, a robot kills a human being. This is not considered murder by law because murder is when a person kills another person.

The legal definition of murder and manslaughter may be different in different countries, and is very much debated: for instance, killing in war is not usually called murder, by those who participate in the war, regardless of the reasons for the war.

In western religions, the first murder was supposed to have been Cain killing his brother Abel.

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