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DEFINITION:
Possible other sentence.
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| COUNTRY | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Treason, drug trafficking |
| Albania | Terrorism, war crimes |
| Argentina | Serial rape; Gender homicide |
| Armenia | Collaborating with Azerbaijani armed forces, treason |
| Australia | Treason, terrorism, drug trafficking, rape, serious child sex offences |
| Austria | Murder, high level drug dealing, Nazi activism, production or distribution of chemical warfare agents to be used in armed conflict; abduction, robbery, rape and statutory rape if the crime causes the victim's death, sea and air piracy and arson if the crime causes the death of a large number of people |
| Azerbaijan | Drug trafficking |
| Belarus | ?? |
| Belgium | Murder |
| Belize | ?? |
| Bolivia | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Brazil | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Bulgaria | Aggravated murder, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated robbery, treason, espionage, war crimes, genocide, desertion in wartime |
| Canada | Various crimes including armed robbery, extortion, and most offenses resulting in death |
| Cape Verde | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Chile | Treason, kidnapping with homicide or rape, rape with homicide, parricide, robbery with homicide or rape |
| China | Various |
| Colombia | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Costa Rica | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Croatia | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Cuba | ?? |
| Cyprus | ?? |
| Czech Republic | Some cases of murder, public endangerment, treason, terrorism, genocide, crimes against humanity, use of forbidden combat device or forbidden combat tactics, war crimes, persecution of population, misuse of international symbols |
| Denmark | ?? |
| Dominican Republic | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Ecuador | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Egypt | Drug offenses |
| El Salvador | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Estonia | Some cases of murder, some cases of handling drugs, crimes against humanity, genocide, acts of war against civilians, terrorism, violence against the independence of Estonia, causing an explosion using nuclear energy. |
| Finland | Genocide, high treason, espionage, war crimes, homicidal terrorist act |
| France | Aggravated murder, aggravated torture, aggravated treason, drug kinping, crimes against humanity, war crimes |
| Germany | See details |
| Greece | ?? |
| Holy See (Vatican City) | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Honduras | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Hong Kong | ?? |
| Hungary | Genocide, high treason |
| Iceland | Treason, murder, kidnapping and grand and/or repeated theft. |
| India | Kidnapping, |
| Indonesia | ?? |
| Iraq | Drug trafficking |
| Ireland | See details |
| Israel | Kidnapping child with intent to murder |
| Italy | Aggravated sexual assault, aggravated robbery, firearm trafficking |
| Jamaica | ?? |
| Japan | Death sentence due to foreign aggression |
| Jordan | Drug trafficking |
| Kazakhstan | ?? |
| Kiribati | ?? |
| Kosovo | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Kyrgyzstan | ?? |
| Laos | ?? |
| Latvia | Drug offenses, rape, robbery, sabotage, crimes against humanity |
| Lebanon | Drug trafficking and manufacturing |
| Lithuania | ?? |
| Macau | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Malaysia | ?? |
| Mexico | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Morocco | Drug trafficking and manufacturing |
| Nepal | ?? |
| Netherlands | Attack on monarch, violence to parliament, several facts constituting an offence resulting in death of (a) person(s) (not manslaughter), manslaughter in combination with other facts, facts with intent to terrorism, treason |
| New Zealand | Murder (mandatory unless manifestly unjust) manslaughter , certain drug related |
| Nicaragua | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Nigeria | ?? |
| North Korea | ?? |
| Norway | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Pakistan | ?? |
| Panama | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Paraguay | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Peru | Serious kidnapping, violent rape attempted murder |
| Poland | Genocide, war crimes, high treason, murder, assassination attempt of Polish president |
| Portugal | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Republic of Macedonia | Rape, robbery, drug offenses crimes against humanity |
| Republic of the Congo | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Romania | Treason and other grave crimes against the state, extremely grave murder, capitulation, desertion on the battlefield, crimes against peace or humanity |
| Russia | See details |
| Saudi Arabia | Homosexuality, witchcraft |
| Serbia | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Singapore | Drug trafficking, gun crime |
| Slovakia | Crimes against humanity, war crimes |
| Slovenia | Terrorism, drug offenses, crimes against humanity |
| Somalia | Sodomy, adultery, crimes against humanity |
| South Africa | ?? |
| South Korea | Counterfeiting or falsification of currency |
| Spain | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Sweden | Murder, kidnapping, arson, sabotage, devastation, hijacking, espionage, terror crimes, rebellion, endangering the public health by spread of contagion or poison, disloyalty when negotiating with foreign powers, dealing with anti-personnel mines, cluster bombs or chemical or nuclear weapons, unlawful nuclear explosion, treason, genocide and (the following in wartime only) mutiny, insubordination, undermining the will to fight, desertation, unauthorised capitulation, negligence of war preparations and negligence of battle duty; attempts, accessories, accomplices and incitements of all the above crimes might also be punished with life. |
| Switzerland | Aggravated murder, aggravated hostage-taking, genocide, endangering the independence of the country |
| Syria | Drug offenses |
| Tajikistan | Treason |
| Tunisia | Drug trafficking |
| Turkey | Sexual offences, military and political crimes |
| Turkmenistan | Treason |
| Ukraine | ?? |
| United States | Varies by state |
| Uruguay | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Uzbekistan | Aggravated murder, terrorism |
| Venezuela | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Vietnam | ?? |
