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References. Murder in Danish law. In Denmark manddrab (manslaughter) is the term used by the Danish penalty law to describe the act of intentionally killing another person. No distinction between manslaughter and murder exists. The penalty goes from a minimum of five years (six years in the case of regicide) to imprisonment for life.
The Danish Penal Code, also known as the Danish Criminal Code (Danish: Straffeloven), is the codification of and the foundation of criminal law in Denmark. The updated official full text covers 29 chapters and is also available online (in Danish).
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- Definition
- Defences
- Proceedings
- Sentencing
- Related Proceedings and Crimes
- History
Murder is defined, at common law rather than by statute, as the unlawful killing of a reasonable person in being under the King or Queen's peace with malice aforethought express or implied.
Complete defences
The first words Coke's definition refer to the M'Naghten Rules on the insanity defence and infancy. If any of the general defences such as self-defence apply, an accused will be acquitted of murder. The defence in the 1860 Eastbourne manslaughtercase was that the schoolteacher Thomas Hockey was acting under parental authority in using corporal punishment (he was charged with murder but found guilty of manslaughter). Another defence in medical cases is that of double effect. As was established...
Partial defences
The following partial defences reduce murder to voluntary manslaughter: 1. Loss of control, under sections 54 and 55 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009. 2. Diminished responsibility(Homicide Act 1957, section 2 – as amended) 3. Suicide pact, under section 4 of the Homicide Act 1957 Section 1(2) of the Infanticide Act 1938creates a partial defence which reduces murder to the offence of infanticide under section 1(1) of that Act. If a partial defence is successful, it will allow the sitting j...
Restriction on institution of proceedings
Proceedings against a person for murder, if the injury alleged to have caused the death was sustained more than three years before the death occurred, or the person has previously been convicted of an offence committed in circumstances alleged to be connected with the death, may only be instituted by or with the consent of the Attorney General.
Indictment
A count charging a single principal offender with murder will now be in the following form: The date which is specified in the indictment is the date on which the deceased died, because the offence is not complete until that date.
Alternative verdict
On the trial of an indictment for murder, the jury cannot return an alternative verdict to the offence charged in that indictment under section 6(3) of the Criminal Law Act 1967, except for the offences listed below: 1. Manslaughter 2. Causing grievous bodily harm with intent to do so, contrary to section 18 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861 3. Any offence of which a person found not guilty of murder may be found guilty under an enactment specifically so providing, namely: 3.1. Chil...
The sentence for murder is, in all cases, mandatory and depends upon the age of the offender at the time of the crime or conviction. Where a person convicted of murder appears to the court to have been aged under eighteen at the time of the offence was committed, the court must sentence the guilty party to be detained during Her Majesty’s pleasure....
Coroner verdicts
In the case of death arising violently or "unnaturally", suddenly with an unknown cause; or in prison or police custody, there is a duty to hold an inquest (a formal inquiry) to ascertain the identity of the deceased, time and place of death, and method of death (but no further specific allegations). A range of verdicts are possible; cases where murder is a consideration are likely to return a coroner's verdict of unlawful killing, covering all unlawful killings and in particular murder, mans...
Civil claims
Wrongful death is a civil action brought against a person who has wrongfully caused the death of another person. Under the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 a claim may only be brought for the benefit of certain classes of people, mostly close relatives, and usually by the executoror (failing this) any person for whose benefit a claim could have been made. Claims can cover economic loss, grief, and funeral expenses. Historically under common law, a dead person could not bring a suit, and this created...
Related offences
The following inchoate offencesrelate to the substantive offence of murder: 1. Attempted murder 2. Soliciting to murder 3. Conspiracy to murder
Provocation was formerly a partial defence to murder. See also the Statute of Stabbing and the Murder Act 1751.
In Denmark, a life sentence ( Danish: Livsvarigt fængsel) is the most severe punishment available under the Penal Code, and is reserved for the most serious crimes. The sentence is of indeterminate length. [1] . Those under a life sentence in Denmark can request a pardon hearing after 12 years.
Denmark. Leaf F91r of SKB B74 discussing crimes of passion. Medieval Denmark was divided into three jurisdictions each ruled by its own provincial law; the Scanian Law used in the Scanian lands, the Zealandic Law used in Zealand and Lolland, and the Jutlandic Law used in Jutland (both North and South) and Funen.
The law of Denmark was originally based on regional laws, of which the most important was the Jyske Lov, or the Law of Jutland 1241. The Danske Lov, or the Danish Code of 1683, promoted unity. The law has been developed via judicial decisions and royal decrees. Roman law has not had much influence on the law of Denmark.
