Most people would say capital punishment isn't murder because murder is illegal killing whereas capital punishment is legal killing. - judicial killing.

很多人会说，死刑不是谋杀，因为谋杀是非法杀害，而死刑是合法杀害。

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As an example murder is illegal.

举一个例子，谋杀是非法的。

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Emma: I guess people are just not ready to accept what they have, and the greed to have more leads them to illegal activities, even murder.

我猜人门是因为不能接受已经拥有的，奢望更多，才导致他们去违法甚至谋杀的。

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In other words, as the judge said, what's always moral isn't necessarily against the law and while I don't think that necessity justifies theft or murder or any illegal act, at some point your degree of necessity does, in fact, exonerate you from any guilt.

换言之，正如法官常说的，情有可原，未必不可法外容情,当然我不认为，一句情有可原,就能为盗窃，谋杀以及其他违法行为正名，但有时，情有可原的程度,确实可能法外容情，赦免你的罪行。

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Despite U.S. claims of diplomatic immunity because of Davis' employment at the U.S. consulate in Lahore, he landed in jail, charged with a double murder and illegal weapons possession.

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There were reports, quickly denied by the dead man's friends, that this murder was linked to an illegal alcohol racket, rather than al-Qaeda terrorists.

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Channel 4 said it "was as valid a subject for television drama as any other illegal act, such as murder, theft and blackmail, watched by millions on television every week".

BBC: john simm