Murder (Peruvian Law)
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Murder in Peru
is classified into 4 major categories:
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
is classified into 4 major categories:
- First-Degree Murder with Special Circumstances is murderMurderMurder 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...
committed with aggravating circumstances, murder of special persons, or multiple murders and is punishable with a mandatory life sentence.
- First-Degree Murder with No Special Circumstances is premeditated murderPremeditated murderPremeditated murder is the crime of wrongfully causing the death of another human being after rationally considering the timing or method of doing so, in order to either increase the likelihood of success, or to evade detection or apprehension.State laws in the United States vary as to definitions...
and is punishable with between 25 years and 99 years in prisonPrisonA prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...
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- Second-Degree Murder is non-premeditated intentional murder and is punishable with between 10 years and 99 years in prison.
- Third-Degree Murder is any form of voluntary or involuntary homicide, manslaughterManslaughterManslaughter is a legal term for the killing of a human being, in a manner considered by law as less culpable than murder. The distinction between murder and manslaughter is said to have first been made by the Ancient Athenian lawmaker Dracon in the 7th century BC.The law generally differentiates...
, etc. and is punishable with between 7 and 25 years in prison.http://articles.cnn.com/2010-06-11/justice/peru.murder.case_1_holloway-case-van-der-sloot-aruban?_s=PM:CRIME