Is it Murder or is it an Assassination? (death never the less) What determines one from the other?

Answer 1

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The short answer: Murdering an individual for political purposes is an Assassinations.

Murder in general is the unlawful killing of one human by another, especially with premeditated malice.

Assassinations in general are considered by international law experts as the murder of a targeted individual for political purposes, usually involving circumstances of a covert or "treacherous" nature. Whether the intended killing of an individual counts as an assassination or as a generally acceptable military operation depends on whether the relevant countries are at peace or war, the forces carrying out the killing, and the means by which the killing is carried out.

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Answer 2

A bum gets murdered a politician or public figure is assassinated. Best thing for them really.

Answer 3

Assassination if you are famous, otherwise Murder

Answer 4

Political figures are victims of assisination when it is for a political means,.. anyone else,.. or any other circumstances its murder

Answer 5

An Assassination is a type of murder. Murder is when you take someones life for whatever reason. An Assassination is when you take someones life for a political reason.

Answer 6

you can tell which is which. Murder is when someone out of choice kills someone for their own reasons, and assassination is when someone is payed to kill someone they probably don't have any connections to.