Murder in Cuban law
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Murder in Cuba is classified into three major categories: murder with special circumstances, murder, and manslaughter.
Categories
=Murder with Special Circumstances=
Murder with special circumstances includes:
- murder of the president, vice president, a politician, police officer, any member of the military, or for children under the age of 14;
- murder committed in the commission of any violent felony, such as kidnapping, robbery, arson, or burglary; or
- murder of multiple persons.
Murder with special circumstances is punishable by a maximum term of life imprisonment, or by the death penalty.
=Murder=
Premeditated or non-premeditated intentional murder is punishable by a maximum term of 30 years.
=Manslaughter=
Manslaughter is non-intentional homicide. It is punishable by between 7 and 25 years in prison.
See also
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