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Homicide, according to the Spanish Criminal Code of 1995, is a crime which contravenes the legal right to "independent human life". It is found in article 138 which states: "Whoever kills another shall be convicted of manslaughter, punishable with a sentence of imprisonment from ten to fifteen years".
As of October 2021, 28 people have been sentenced to a reviewable permanent prison sentence, under the 2015 legislation. Five have been women. As of December 2019, after the conviction for the high-profile murder of Diana Quer, Galicia and Andalusia were the autonomous communities with the most life sentences, with three each. [5]
In 1999, Muñoz and Ortiz were sentenced to 39 years in prison, but the Supreme Court raised the sentences to 43 years in prison. [4] While Felisa had six months in prison, for covering up the kidnapping and impersonating Segura in the tape. [2] [4] In 2013, Emilio Muñoz was released when he had already spent 18 years in prison.
(Reuters) -Four men were convicted in Spain on Sunday in connection with the homophobic murder of a 24-year-old nursing assistant that sparked protests in cities across Spain and abroad.
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 .
In a second trial, Restivo was later sentenced to 30 years in prison for the murder of a teenager in his native Italy in 1993. [188] In 2012 his term was reduced to 40 years as part of a joint appeal by several prisoners with long sentences. [189] Michael Roberts was convicted in 2012 of numerous offences between 1988 and 2005, [190] including ...
A former Salvadoran colonel was sentenced to 133 years in prison for the killings of five Jesuit priests more than three decades ago, a court in Spain ruled Friday. Spain’s National Court in ...
In June 1994, six of the suspects were convicted of participating in the attack and given prison sentences ranging from 23 to 50 years, while the seventh, Lozano, was fined 100,000 pesetas for knowing of the murder and not reporting it. [7] In 1996, the attackers' sentences were reduced by the Supreme Court of Spain. All six have since been ...