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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". The main legal concept in article 138 is ...
First PPR sentence in Asturias. [30] Francisco Javier Martínez Broch: Convicted on 1 June 2021 for the murder of his parents and his brother. [31] Juan Francisco López Ortiz: Convicted on 8 June 2021 for the kidnap, rape and murder of a 13-year-old girl in Vilanova i la Geltrú, Catalonia in 2018. Received an additional seven-year sentence ...
The Spanish Constitution guarantees respect for the essential principles necessary for the correct functioning of the judiciary: . Impartiality: to guarantee the assured effective judicial trusteeship to all citizens by the Constitution, judges must remain impartial in cases that they judge and must abstain from cases that they have no reason to enter into.
Decree of the President of the Republic (Portuguese: decreto do Presidente da República): is a decree issued by the President of Portugal, for the ratification of international treaties, the appointment or dismissal of members of the Government or to exercise other presidential powers defined in the Constitution;
Other countries that do not practice life sentences include Mongolia in Asia and Norway, Iceland, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Andorra and Montenegro in Europe. Where life imprisonment is a possible sentence, there may also exist formal mechanisms for requesting parole after a certain period of prison time.
Section 1 sets out the grounds that must be demonstrated before a divorce can be granted. These five grounds were adultery, behaving "in such a way that the petitioner cannot reasonably be expected to live", desertion for two years, two years of separation with the consent of the parties, or five years of separation.
All I have to do is write a letter, like a lot of people do, come out and say, ‘Yes, yes, I made a mistake. Here’s what happened,’ and all that.” It’s unclear if there is any legal basis ...
The Criminal Code is a fundamental law of the Spanish criminal law, because it is a limit to the ius puniendi (or «right to punish») of the State. The Code was enacted by the Spanish Parliament on 8 November 1995 [1] and it was published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) on 23 November. [2] The Code is in force since 25 May 1996. [2]