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DEFINITION:
Mandatory sentence.
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| COUNTRY | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Murder, terrorism, violation of Islamic law |
| Albania | Murder with aggravating factor |
| Argentina | Murder with aggravating circumstances; murder of a relative; murder of and/or by a police officer; treason |
| Armenia | Murder, terrorism |
| Australia | Murder of police officer or other public official, murder in South Australia, Queensland, Northern Territory, aircraft hijacking |
| Austria | Genocide |
| Azerbaijan | Murder, terrorism |
| Belarus | ?? |
| Belgium | None |
| Belize | ?? |
| Bolivia | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Brazil | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Bulgaria | None |
| Canada | High treason, murder, war crimes, and crimes against humanity |
| Cape Verde | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Chile | None |
| China | No |
| Colombia | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Costa Rica | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Croatia | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Cuba | Murder, Drug trafficking |
| Cyprus | ?? |
| Czech Republic | None |
| Denmark | ?? |
| Dominican Republic | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Ecuador | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Egypt | Murder, rape, kidnapping, terrorism |
| El Salvador | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Estonia | None |
| Finland | Murder |
| France | None |
| Germany | Aggravated murder, genocide resulting in death, crimes against humanity resulting in death, war crimes against persons resulting in death |
| Greece | Murder, terrorism |
| Holy See (Vatican City) | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Honduras | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Hong Kong | Murder, Genocide involving killing |
| Hungary | Murder, after 3 violent crimes |
| Iceland | None |
| India | Murder, rape, robbery |
| Indonesia | Murder, terrorism, kidnapping, rape, treason |
| Iraq | Murder, terrorism |
| Ireland | Murder, treason, some serious injuries, etc. see details |
| Israel | Murder, terrorism |
| Italy | Murder, terrorism, mafia association, drug trafficking, human trafficking, treason |
| Jamaica | ?? |
| Japan | Varies by prefecture (Murder) |
| Jordan | Murder, terrorism, espionage |
| Kazakhstan | Murder, terrorism |
| Kiribati | ?? |
| Kosovo | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Kyrgyzstan | Murder, terrorism |
| Laos | ?? |
| Latvia | Murder, treason, terrorism, war crimes |
| Lebanon | Murder, terrorism, treason |
| Lithuania | Murder, terrorism |
| Macau | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Malaysia | Murder, drug offenses, serious firearms/ammunition/explosive offenses, terrorism, rape, attack on monarch, violence to parliament, treason |
| Mexico | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Morocco | Murder, terrorism, treason |
| Nepal | Murder, terrorism |
| Netherlands | None |
| New Zealand | Treason |
| Nicaragua | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Nigeria | ?? |
| North Korea | Murder, espionage, treason |
| Norway | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Pakistan | ?? |
| Panama | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Paraguay | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Peru | Murder with aggravated circumstances, terrorism, treason |
| Poland | None |
| Portugal | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Republic of Macedonia | Murder, terrorism |
| Republic of the Congo | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Romania | Genocide during wartime, inhumane treatment during wartime |
| Russia | No |
| Saudi Arabia | Apostasy, Drug trafficking, Willful killing, |
| Serbia | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Singapore | Kidnapping for ransom |
| Slovakia | Murder, terrorism, treason |
| Slovenia | Murder, treason |
| Somalia | Murder, rape, robbery |
| South Africa | Certain murder, rape and robbery |
| South Korea | High treason, robbery (rape) with deadly outcomes, arson, murder of relative, etc. |
| Spain | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Sweden | None |
| Switzerland | None |
| Syria | Murder, political crimes, terrorism, treason |
| Tajikistan | Murder, terrorism |
| Tunisia | Murder, terrorism |
| Turkey | Murder with special cirucumstances, treason, terrorism |
| Turkmenistan | Murder, terrorism |
| Ukraine | Murder with aggravating circumstances |
| United States | Varies by state |
| Uruguay | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Uzbekistan | None |
| Venezuela | No life imprisonment sentence |
| Vietnam | ?? |