{"id":165174,"date":"2026-09-15T05:58:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T03:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/165174-el-salvador-issues-first-life-sentence-for-femicide.html"},"modified":"2026-09-15T05:58:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T03:58:03","slug":"el-salvador-issues-first-life-sentence-for-femicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/165174-el-salvador-issues-first-life-sentence-for-femicide.html","title":{"rendered":"El Salvador issues first life sentence for femicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n             El Salvador handed down its first life sentence for femicide on Monday, its prosecutor's office said, following a constitutional reform backed by hardline President Nayib Bukele.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            Congress, which is controlled by Bukele, lifted its ban on life imprisonment for murderers, rapists and terrorists in April.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            The maximum prison sentence was previously 60 years.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            The reform was later extended to also apply to those under the age of 18.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            El Salvador prosecutors said a 39-year-old man was sentenced on Monday to life in prison for killing his neighbor in a city west of capital San Salvador in August.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            The office described the decision as \"the first life sentence for aggravated femicide.\"\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            In a separate case, a man convicted of murder was sentenced on Friday to life in prison -- the first life sentence for murder in the country.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            Bukele governs El Salvador with absolute power, drawing criticism from NGOs which say the country lacks judicial independence.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            Since he declared a war on gangs in 2022, over 90,000 people have been locked up in extrajudicial circumstances.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            Human rights groups accuse the government of committing crimes against humanity and imprisoning innocent people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El Salvador handed down its first life sentence for femicide on Monday, its prosecutor's office said, following a constitutional reform backed by hardline President Nayib Bukele. 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