Bill proposes life imprisonment for hiding a body or repeat murder

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1. The bill adds two new cases in which murder could be punished with reviewable life imprisonment: when the offender makes the victim's body disappear or refuses to say where it is, and when the offender was previously convicted of murder.
2. Murder is currently punished with fifteen to twenty-five years in prison. The bill seeks a heavier penalty for hiding the body, and also an incentive for the convicted person to reveal where it is, since that could help them get their sentence suspended after twenty-five years in prison.
3. The second new case is repeat offending: someone already convicted of murder commits that crime again after regaining their freedom. The bill argues that reviewable life imprisonment then serves to prevent reoffending.
4. If passed, the law would take effect the day after its publication in the Official State Gazette (Boletín Oficial del Estado).

Words worth knowing

Prisión permanente revisable (reviewable life imprisonment)

The harshest penalty in the Spanish Criminal Code. It is not final: it is reviewed and the convicted person can be released if certain conditions are met.

Ley Orgánica (organic law)

A type of Spanish law used to regulate fundamental rights; it requires special majorities to pass.

Reincidencia (repeat offending)

Committing a crime again after having been convicted for another one.

Boletín Oficial del Estado (Official State Gazette)

The official publication where Spanish laws appear. A law takes effect after being published there.

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