Greece Rejects Standalone Femicide Law — Government Says Life Sentence Already Mandatory for All Intentional Homicides

Greece's government will not create a standalone criminal offence for femicide, Deputy Justice Minister Ioannis Bougas has told parliament, arguing that existing law already imposes a mandatory life sentence for all intentional homicides — and that a separate category would not produce harsher outcomes — as official data show 25,000 domestic violence complaints and 13,000 arrests in the past 30 months. "The crime of intentional homicide is always punished with life imprisonment," Mr. Bougas s...

By ANTHEE CARASSAVA