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Murder committed with deliberately premeditated , or with extreme atrocity or cruelty, or in the commission or attempted commission of a crime punishable with death or imprisonment for life, is murder in the first degree. Murder which does not appear to be in the first degree is murder in the second degree. Petit treason shall be prosecuted and punished as murder. The degree of murder shall be found by the jury.
Simplified explanation
Defines first-degree murder (premeditated, extremely atrocious or cruel, or during a crime punishable by death or life) and second-degree murder; the punishment is not set in this section.