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  2. Murder in French law - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] Assassination (murder with premeditation or after lying in wait for the victim) [4] and murder in some special cases in accordance with Article 221-4 [5] (including if the victim is a child under 15, against vulnerable people due to age, health etc, in the context of domestic violence, against some professionals in connection with their ...

  3. Crime of passion - Wikipedia

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    In some countries, notably France, crime passionnel (or crime of passion) was a valid defense to murder charges. During the 19th century, some such cases resulted in a custodial sentence for the murderer of two years.

  4. Oradour-sur-Glane massacre - Wikipedia

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    On 10 June 1944, four days after D-Day, the village of Oradour-sur-Glane in Haute-Vienne in Nazi-occupied France was destroyed when 643 civilians, including non-combatant men, women, and children, were massacred by a German Waffen-SS company as collective punishment for Resistance activity in the area including the capture and subsequent execution of a close friend of Waffen-SS ...

  5. Murders in... - Wikipedia

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    Each episode centers around a mystery in a different city or region, often at a famous landmark. While some investigator pairings are repeated, usually each episode has an entirely new cast. The series is one of France 3's largest programs, followed by an average of 4 million viewers.

  6. List of French serial killers - Wikipedia

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    Known as "The Ogre of the Ardennes"; with his help of his wife Monique Olivier, kidnapped, raped and murdered predominantly young girls across France and Belgium [15] Frantz, Véronique: 1852–1854 3 3 Executed 1854 Poisoned her employer's mother-in-law and wife to become his mistress; later poisoned him after she learned he planned to remarry ...

  7. Category:Murder in France - Wikipedia

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    People convicted of murder by France (1 C, 91 P) E. Extrajudicial killings in France (2 C, 4 P) F. French murder victims (5 C, 66 P) I. Murder in Île-de-France (1 C ...

  8. Crime in France - Wikipedia

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    Though France's homicide rate fluctuated substantially in recent years, it tended to decrease through 2020 - 2024 period ending at 6.96 cases per 100,000 population in 2020 and 6.9 cases per 100,000 in 2021 and 6.62 cases per 100,000 in 2022 and 6.5 cases per 100,000 in 2023 and 6.31 cases per 100,000 in 2024 [1]

  9. Capital punishment in France - Wikipedia

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    Capital punishment in France (French: peine de mort en France) is banned by Article 66-1 of the Constitution of the French Republic, voted as a constitutional amendment by the Congress of the French Parliament on 19 February 2007 and simply stating "No one can be sentenced to the death penalty" (French: Nul ne peut être condamné à la peine de mort).