Murder was evil long before formal governments were established. If you don't want to accept that, so be it.
I do NOT believe evil is defined by meeting state requirements for murder. The state codifies and describes murder degrees for the purpose of prosecution and setting sentences. The fact that murder is evil was established long before governments codified murder. You have the order wrong. Murder is already evil; the state just makes it illegal.
There is no such thing as "good" murder--murder is evil.
Even if legal definitions change, the nature of murder remains evil.
