Murder (Romanian law)
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Degrees of murder
- Murder (3rd degree — 10 to 20 years). Killing a person when no aggravating circumstances apply.
- Qualified murder (2nd degree — 15 to 25 years). Aggravating circumstances:
- a) with premeditation
- b) concerning a material interest
- c) against spouse or close relative
- d) taking advantage of victim's impossibility of self-defense
- e) when putting in danger the lives of multiple persons
- f) concerning job attributions of the victim
- g) for facilitating or hiding another crime
- h) in public
- Extremely grave murder (1st degree — 15 to 25 years or life imprisonment). Aggravating circumstances:
- a) committed in a cruel way
- b) against two or more persons
- c) by a person who had already committed a murder
- d) in order to hide a robbery
- e) against a pregnant woman
- f) by or against a policeman, gendarme, magistrate or soldier (in connection with their public duties)
- Negligent or accidental murder (1 to 5 years in simple form). Aggravating circumstances:
- a) Caused by a professional in connection with his job for not respecting the legal dispositions (2 to 7 years)
- b) By a vehicle driver with blood alcohol concentration (BAC) above legal limits or in a drunk state (5 to 15 years)
- c) By a professional in a drunk state - in connection with his job duties (5 to 15 years)
- d) When causing the death of two or more persons (5 to 15 years)
- Infanticide (2 to 7 years).[2]
