31.   The court of five officers and enlisted men Wednesday night pronounced him guilty of premeditated murder, solely measuring how calculating Glover had been in the assault.

32.   The prosecution wants Amir convicted of premeditated murder, which carries a mandatory life sentence.

33.   Three judges in Tel Aviv on Thursday convicted an American teen-ager of premeditated murder after he publicly admitted his guilt in a grisly slaying in Maryland two years ago.

34.   Under the law, prosecutors can attempt to prove premeditated murder with evidence that points to motive, planning or method.

35.   Unlike the previous trials, where Kevorkian was accused of violating laws prohibiting assisted suicide, this time he is being charged with first-degree premeditated murder.

36.   While investigators acknowledged that they had made such an assurance, they said the killing to which LeBrun confessed met the definition of premeditated murder.

37.   Parliament on Wednesday adopted a law that restricts the death penalty to cases of premeditated murder and imposes life prison sentences for other serious crimes.

38.   A court prosecutor in Takeo province, Mei Sakhan, said he charged Korn Son with rape and premeditated murder on Friday.

39.   A charge of premeditated murder carries a mandatory death penalty in Bermuda, although the sentence is usually commuted to life in prison.