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In English law, murder is considered the most serious form of homicide, in which one person kills another either intending to cause death or intending to cause serious injury (originally termed malice aforethought even though it requires neither malice nor premeditation). Following the Murder (Abolition of the Death Penalty) Act 1965, the mandatory sentence is life imprisonment. The definition of the actus reus (Latin for "wrongful act") of murder most usually cited is that by Edward Coke It should be noted it is no longer the case that the death of the victim must occur within a year and a day of the crime, according to the Law Reform (Year and a Day Rule) Act 1996. The reference to "unlawfully" indicates that some killings may be justifiable homicides.
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