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The Ministerial Committee for Legislation authorized a new scale of homicide offenses and punishments on Sunday to respond to specific types of homicide.
The Justice Ministry initiative, based on recommendations by a committee led by law Professor Mordechai Kremnitzer, would replace the current, more vague law, which is based on orders from the British Mandate.
"Broad definitions cause problems," explained Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked. "The [law's] current wording for homicide challenged the legal system and caused many difficulties because of the wide range of...