In Croatian law,

murder Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification (jurisprudence), justification or valid excuse (legal), excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human with malice aforethought. ("The killing of another person wit ...

is classified into 3 categories: ''ubojstvo'', ''teško ubojstvo'' and ''usmrćenje'' according to the 10th section of the Criminal Law of 2011.

''Teško ubojstvo'': Murder with Special Circumstances

Any murder of a

police officer A police officer (also called a policeman and, less commonly, a policewoman) is a warranted law employee of a police force. In most countries, "police officer" is a generic term not specifying a particular rank. In some, the use of the ...

, child under the age of 14, murder of multiple people, or murder committed along with any violent

felony A felony is traditionally considered a crime of high seriousness, whereas a misdemeanor is regarded as less serious. The term "felony" originated from English common law (from the French medieval word "félonie") to describe an offense that resu ...

classifies as murder with special circumstances. It is punishable with no less than 10 years imprisonment, or a long-term sentence (up to 40 years of imprisonment under Croatian law).

''Ubojstvo'': Murder

This is classified any intentional killing of another human being with no special circumstances. Punishable with no less than 5 years of imprisonment.

''Usmrćenje'' and ''Prouzročenje smrti iz nehaja'': Manslaughter

There are three forms of ''usmrćenje'', or reckless murder: * A murder that has been provoked - punishable no less than 1 year and not more than 10 years of prison. ''Kazneni zakon'', 2011, ''X. Kaznena djela protiv života i tijela'', article 112. * Mother murdering their child after birth - six months to five years. * Sympathy killing - up to three years. There's also ''prouzročenje smrti iz nehaja'', meaning

involuntary manslaughter Manslaughter is a common law legal term for homicide considered by law as less culpable than murder. The distinction between murder and manslaughter is sometimes said to have first been made by the ancient Athenian lawmaker Draco in the 7th c ...

, which carries a penalty of six months to five years imprisonment.

Suicide and abortion

The criminal law also defines separate penalties for: * assisting in a suicide * assisting in an illegal abortion * assisting in euthanasia ''Kazneni zakon'', 2011, ''X. Kaznena djela protiv života i tijela'', article 112, point 3.

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