ROME — The Italian government approved a draft law that for the first time introduces the legal definition of femicide in the country’s criminal law and punishes it with life imprisonment.

he increasing media coverage of the alarming rise in femicide has only intensified public fear. Violence against women has now escalated to the point of fatality, serving as a grim consequence of ...

He then saw Lopez punch her in the head and drag her inside as she screamed for help.Mexican authorities decided to charge Lopez with femicide and requested help from the United States.

Femicide becomes "an autonomous criminal offence", a specific crime punishable by the maximum penalty: life imprisonment. The Council of Ministers has given the green light to the bill for the ...

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