How is the crime of threatening to kill handled?
(Baonghean.vn) - Ms. Nguyen Thi Hien, residing in Yen Thanh district, asked: How many years in prison is the penalty for threatening to kill someone?
Reply:
Threatening to kill can be understood as an act that causes another person to fear that the person threatening will commit murder.
The crime of threatening to kill is regulated in Article 133 of the 2015 Penal Code, amended and supplemented in 2017 as follows:
1. A person who threatens to kill someone, if there is reason to make the threatened person fear that the threat will be carried out, shall be subject to non-custodial reform for up to 03 years or imprisonment from 06 months to 03 years.
2. Committing a crime in one of the following cases shall be punishable by imprisonment from 02 years to 07 years:
a) For 02 people or more;
b) Abusing position and power;
c) For a person performing official duties or for the victim's official duties;
d) For persons under 16 years of age;
d) To conceal or avoid being prosecuted for another crime.
Thus, depending on each specific case, the nature and level of danger of the crime, the offender who threatens to kill someone may be sentenced to non-custodial reform for up to 03 years or imprisonment from 06 months to 07 years.