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Actually murder (and its many classes) are part of homicide.
One determinant of degree of homicide is motive or intent. Our justice system cares a great deal about WHY people do things. it sets the parameters for arguing a case as well as assigning punishment.
WHY people commit crimes is as important, in our justice system, as the crime itself.
if I had not posted the entire article, just that two people were shot dead in a church, how would YOU know how to prosecute the shooter? The WHY in the crime helps you judge the initial severity of the crime itself. Put another way, if the Mr. Adkisson were merely showing his gun to others at a church function, and it accidentally went off killing 2 people, he would be charged with some type of negligent manslaughter. he didn't mean to kill them, but he showed great negligence in bringing in a loaded gun.
Our society, for better or worse, places a premium on WHY.
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