1. Premeditated murder carries the death sentence .

2. The maximum penalty for premeditated murder is death or life imprisonment.

3. In a case of premeditated murder a life sentence is mandatory.

4. Premeditated murder is the most serious charge tried in our criminal courts.

5. 1971 – My Lai Massacre: Lieutenant William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison.

6. The investigator said the killings were the result of poor procedure by trigger-happy police rather than premeditated murder.

7. For the purposes of this article, an Assassination is defined as the deliberate, premeditated murder of a prominent figure, often for religious, political or monetary reasons.