Practice question · Numerical answer
Under Article 138 of the Criminal Code, what is the minimum term of imprisonment, in years, for homicide?
Hints
- Double figures.
- Ten to fifteen years.
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10
Why
Ten years, with a maximum of fifteen. Carry the range rather than the single figure: almost every arithmetic exercise in this unit — degrees, halves, reductions for attempt or complicity — starts from a statutory range, and homicide is the one used most often as the worked example.
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