Azerbaijan Increases Term of Punishment for Deliberate Murder to Maximum

Azerbaijan tightens all punishments for deliberate murder, increases punishment terms to the maximum.

Azerbaijani Parliament told APA that Azerbaijani President offers amendments to the articles # 120.1 and 120.2 of the Criminal Code.

According to amendment to the article # 120.1, the deliberate murder - that’s a deliberate deprivation of life of other person will be punished by imprisonment for the term from nine up to fourteen years. This punishment is current for the term from seven up to twelve years.

The imprisonment for cases on the article # 120.2 is for the term from 14 up to 20 years.

This article includes:

Deliberate murder:

- committed by group of persons, on preliminary arrangement by group of persons, by organized group or criminal community (organization);

- committed from hooligan prompting;

- of victims or his close relatives in connection with implementation of a given person...