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In Finland, murder is defined as homicide with at least one of four aggravating factors: Intent; Brutality or cruelty; Endangering public safety; Killing a public servant upholding public safety or because of his lawful duty. The offense as a whole must be aggravated. [1]
The criminal code of Finland [1] (Finnish: rikoslaki, Swedish: strafflag) is the codification of the central legal source concerning criminal law in Finland. History [ edit ]
The death penalty was abolished in Finland in 1949 for peacetime offences and for all offences in 1972. Life imprisonment is the only possible penalty for the crime of murder and a possible penalty for treason, espionage, war crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity, and terrorism resulting in death. [1]
This is a list of the laws of murder by country. The legal definition of murder varies by country: the laws of different countries deal differently with matters such as mens rea (how the intention on the part of the alleged murderer must be proved for the offence to amount to murder) and sentencing .
During a war, the Finnish law gives an option of founding Courts Martial to handle military crimes. The Courts Martial would be founded by the Government. The Chief Judge of a Court Martial would be a legally trained person elected by the Supreme Court, while the two other Judges would be servicemembers elected by a Court of Appels.
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The Ulvila homicide (Finnish: Ulvilan surma) occurred in Ulvila, Finland, on December 1, 2006. The victim was 51-year-old Jukka S. Lahti, a social psychologist and father of four. Initially, the police were looking for an outside perpetrator. In September 2009, the victim's widow Anneli Auer was arrested and charged with the murder.
There was a Finnish parliament, the Diet of Finland, convened in 1809 and dissolved in 1906. The Diet was actually active only from 1863; in 1809-1863 the country was governed by administrative means only. Towards the end of the 19th century, the Imperial Russian government began restricting Finnish autonomy, and often refused to give Royal Assent.