The law stipulates that murder is not necessarily punishable by death. According to the Criminal Law, if the circumstances of intentional killing are relatively minor, the person shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than 10 years. Therefore, killing someone may not necessarily result in death penalty. Whoever intentionally kills a person shall be sentenced to death, life imprisonment or fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years; If the circumstances are relatively minor, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than 10 years.
Legal basis
Article 232 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China [Crime of intentional homicide] Whoever intentionally kills a person shall be sentenced to death, life imprisonment or fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years; If the circumstances are relatively minor, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than 10 years.
