Murder in Peru is classified into three major categories:
Murder with Special Circumstances is murder committed with aggravating circumstances, murder of special persons, or multiple murders. Special circumstances include:
if it is committed for pay or other reward, or other vile motive
if its motivation is futile
if committed with the use of poison, fire, explosive, asphyxia, torture, or other cruel or insidious mean, or of any mean that may ** result in danger to other
if committed by treachery, ambush, dissimulation, or other means that turn defense difficult or impossible
it committed to ensure the execution, ocultation, impunity, or profit of other crime.
Is punishable with life sentence or no less than 15 years in prison
Murder with No Special Circumstances is premeditated murder or non-premeditated murder with no special circumstances and is punishable with 6 to 35 years in prison.
Manslaughter is any form of voluntary or involuntary homicide and is punishable with a maximum of 20 years imprisonment.[1]
