Attempted homicide is a violent crime. An attempt to commit a crime refers to an attempt to commit a crime if it has already begun to commit a crime but has not succeeded for reasons other than the will of the criminal.
An attempted offender may be given a lighter or mitigated punishment in comparison with an accomplished offender. 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 states that 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.
