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2024 new Brazilian law punishes femicide with up to 40 years in prison
Legislation
Aggravating circumstances
It also establishes aggravating circumstances for the crime of femicide, in which the sentence will be increased by one third to half.
For example:
when the femicide is committed during pregnancy, in the three months after childbirth or if the victim is a mother or guardian of a child;
when it is against a minor under 14 years of age, or over 60 years of age, or a woman with a disability or degenerative disease;
when it is committed in the presence of the victim's parents or children;
when it is committed in breach of the urgent protective measures provided for in the Maria da Penha Law and
and in the case of the use of poison, torture, ambush or restricted-use weapons against the victim.