What would mark the difference between a murder and an assassination?

by Galoots

For example, President Kennedy was assassinated, I think without argument. But I've heard Lee Harvey Oswald as being both murdered and assassinated. An attempt on musician Bob Marley's life has been described as an attempted assassination. John Lennon's death has been described as both.

Is there a solid definition?

Crooooow

An assassination is a murder that happens for political reasons