Ethiopia

The Criminal Code of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

PART I

GENERAL PART

BOOK II

THE CRIMINAL PUNISHMENT AND ITS APPLICATION

TITLE I

PUNISHMENTS AND OTHER MEASURES AND THEIR ENFORCEMENT

CHAPTER II

ORDINARY PUNISHMENTS APPLICABLE TO ADULTS

Section 1.- Principal Punishments

Sub-section III.- Punishment of Death

Article 117.- General Principles.

(1) Sentence of death shall be passed only in cases of grave crimes and on exceptionally dangerous criminals, in the cases specifically laid down by law as a punishment for completed crimes and in the absence of any extenuating circumstances. A sentence shall be passed only on an criminal who, at the time of the commission of the crime, has attained the age of eighteen years .

Keywords

National penalties - death sentence



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