How is the crime of threatening to kill someone punished?

Reply:

Threatening to kill can be understood as an act that makes another person fear that the person making the threat will commit murder.

The crime of threatening to kill is stipulated in Article 133 of the 2015 Penal Code, as amended and supplemented in 2017, as follows:

1. Whoever threatens to kill another person, if there are grounds to make the threatened person fear that the threat will be carried out, shall be punished with non-custodial correctional measures for up to 3 years or imprisonment from 6 months to 3 years.

2. Committing an offense falling under one of the following circumstances shall be punishable by imprisonment from 2 to 7 years:

a) For two or more people;

b) Abusing one's position or authority;

c) In the case of a person performing official duties or due to the victim's official duties;

d) For persons under 16 years of age;

(d) To conceal or evade prosecution for another crime.

Thus, depending on the specific circumstances, nature, and severity of the crime, a person who threatens to kill may be sentenced to non-custodial correctional treatment for up to 3 years or imprisonment from 6 months to 7 years.