Is murder ever justified?

Atavacron

Of course it is.

Come into my house at night to hurt me or my kids and I'll kill you and sleep fine the next night.

You had it coming. You got it. The end.

Prophet 1102

Yes.

KC V â„¢

Murder...NO!

Homicide...YES!

This is why there is a "lesser included" offense of "Justifiable Homicide."

Murder is the intentional killing of another without justification whereas homicide can include a justifiable killing.

An example of justifiable homicide would be the killing of another who broke in to your home, pointed a loaded weapon at you, and told you they were about to shoot you.

Barbara Doll to you

No. Killing for self defence might though.

Mutt

Murder is "The unlawful killing of one human by another". So my answer is no. Murder, whether by design or accidental because of negligence, is never justified.

Homicide ("The killing of one person by another"), on the other side, can be justified, and is not always illegal. Self defense is a form of justifiable homicide. Capital punishment and war are a couple other.

(By "justified", I am referring to legally, not morally)

Lord_Darkclaw

Morally or legally?
If a murder were justified, then by definition it would not be murder.

agius1520

in self defense i think it is.

Philip McCrevice

Murder by definition is the illegal killing of another person.

Killing is sometimes justified.

That's why the commandment is "Thou shall not murder" not "Thou shall not kill."

Even God ordered killing. But not murder.

Gemini DJ

Accidental murder should be accepted as accidental. But causing death by dangerous driving is not really accidental, it is and it isn't. Drivers that control the car in a dangerous manner are putting themselves, other motorists, and pedestrians at risk. Also push cyclists, and mainly other motorists in smaller vehicles than they are driving.

If you at sat in an Artic Truck, and get hit by a car, or hit a car yourself, you will always be protected by the metal on the cab, being raised at a higher level.

Murder can also be described as 'Manslaughter' which is recognised as far less than murder.

GDJ.

william a

It is justified if you are defending yourself or someone else from being murdered. I suppose it is also justified if you are in the armed forces and are killing an opposing foe.

grump56

Yes and no. It would be considered murder if I killed a person that raped and killed one of my grand children, but I would not not consider it so. It would still be morally wrong, and I am a Christian but I think God would forgive me.

phglink

maybe, would killing saddam hussain or hitler be morally wrong

Sandra M

Yes and I don't believe that attorneys are using the self defense and justifiable homicide defenses they way they should.

xzxtxyx

Murder is never justified.
Killing is justified.
There's a difference between murdering someone and killing someone. When you murder someone, you wrongly take their life.
When you kill someone, you take their life for a reason.

Apollo

Well it seems it is, as long as it's mass murder ie: Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Dresden, etc.

magnificentgeorge

First off you should Never take the law into your own hands. I think your confusion comes from the term Murder. We often associate murder with hate, greed, jealousy etc. So what I believe you were really trying to say was "Is killing justifiable?" The answer is yes killing is justifiable. Hitler is a perfect example, Hitler killed thousands of people during his reign. The question is for what purpose did he kill them? Did he kill them to protect others or to maintain peace? No, he did it to further his own selfish cause. Therefore he is considered a murderer. I hope you get the basic idea.

sarahmay

Yes. This is going to sound wrong but....people need to die. On a logical stance alone. The world is only so big, our resources only go far, and I don't think the planet can handle 8 billion+ people crawling all over it. Since it takes forever for people to die of natural causes these days, murder is kind of a public service.

HOWEVER, I'm not promoting going out and killing randomly. Murder should only occur for a good reason. (Avenging someone, self-defense, political reasons, revenge, etc....)

sarah T

i say self defense or defense of your loved ones.

eye for an eye

nymamiyankee

yes

Troll #47

It is in Britain, where you can get away with it

Rose

No it's not it's up to God to decide.

Tom B

No murder is never justified not even if the state does it. Not even if it is self defense. This just my opinion. Legally its justified in self defense and if its a state "murder." Yes I believe that the state doesn't do executions it is murder. Bennie Dumps put it the best. "They butchered me back there. I was in a lot of pain. They cut me in the groin. They cut me in the leg. This is not an execution, it is murder." Bennie Demps final words as he lay on the gurney dying. It took the prison personnel 33 min. to insert a long tube to administer the drugs.

asifeatspork

no, only God can judge

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