Murder (French law)
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In the French
penal code, murder
is defined by the intentional killing of another person. Murder is punishable by
a maximum of 30 years of criminal imprisonment (no more than 20 years if the defendant is not sentenced to 30 years).
Assassination
(murder with premeditation)
and murder in some special case (if the victim is a child under 15, parents, people with disabilities, police officer etc.)
are punished by a jail time up to life imprisonment (no more than 30 years if the defendant is not sentenced to life). In France except for recidivist the minimum sentence in criminal prosecution is one or two year of imprisonment, which may be suspended if the term of the sentence is under 5 years. Manslaughter is punishable by 15 years imprisonment, or 20 years with aggravating circumstances (the same that make a murderer eligible for life in jail).
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penal code, murder
Murder
Murder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human being, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide...
is defined by the intentional killing of another person. Murder is punishable by
a maximum of 30 years of criminal imprisonment (no more than 20 years if the defendant is not sentenced to 30 years).
Assassination
Assassination
To carry out an assassination is "to murder by a sudden and/or secret attack, often for political reasons." Alternatively, assassination may be defined as "the act of deliberately killing someone, especially a public figure, usually for hire or for political reasons."An assassination may be...
(murder with premeditation)
and murder in some special case (if the victim is a child under 15, parents, people with disabilities, police officer etc.)
are punished by a jail time up to life imprisonment (no more than 30 years if the defendant is not sentenced to life). In France except for recidivist the minimum sentence in criminal prosecution is one or two year of imprisonment, which may be suspended if the term of the sentence is under 5 years. Manslaughter is punishable by 15 years imprisonment, or 20 years with aggravating circumstances (the same that make a murderer eligible for life in jail).