Degrees of murder

• Murder - (3rd degree)(10 to 20 years) Killing a person when no aggravating circumstances apply.
• Qualified murder (2nd degree)(15 to 25 years). Aggravating circumstances:

a) with premeditation

b) concerning a material interest

c) against spouse or close relative

d) taking advantage of victim's impossibility of self-defence

e) when putting in danger the lives of multiple persons

f) concerning job attributions of the victim

g) for facilitating or hiding another crime

h) in public

• Extremely grave murder (1st degree) (15 to 25 years or life imprisonment
  Life imprisonment
  Life imprisonment is a sentence of imprisonment for a serious crime under which the convicted person is to remain in jail for the rest of his or her life...
  
  ). Aggravating circumstances:

a) committed in a cruel way

b) against two or more persons

c) by a person who had already committed a murder

d) in order to hide a robbery

e) against a pregnant woman

f) against a policeman, gendarme, magistrate or soldier (in connection with their public duties)

• Negligent or accidental murder (1 to 5 years in simple form). Aggravating circumstances:

a) Caused by a professional in connection with his job for not respecting the legal dispositions (2 to 7 years)

b) By a vehicle driver with blood alcohol concentration (BAC) above legal limits or in a drunk state (5 to 15 years)

c) By a professional in a drunk state - in connection with his job duties (5 to 15 years)

d) When causing the death of two or more persons (5 to 15 years)

• Infanticide (2 to 7 years).