Murder in French law

In the French penal code, murder is defined by the intentional killing of another person. Murder is punishable by a maximum of 30 years of criminal imprisonment.
Assassination and murder in some special cases in accordance with Article 221-4
) are punished by a jail term up to life imprisonment. The same punishment is given to murder committed in connection to other criminal offenses according to Article 221-2.
Except for recidivists, the minimum sentence in criminal prosecutions is one or two years' imprisonment, which may be suspended if the sentence is under 5 years. Acts of violence causing an unintended death are punished by 15 years' imprisonment, or 20 years if aggravating circumstances exist.