Jalisco is on the verge of becoming the seventh Mexican state to treat femicide as a distinct crime and a more serious form of murder.
The Constitutional Issues Committee of the State Congress approved legal reforms on Monday that would mean a longer jail term for those convicted of fatal misogynist attacks. Sentences for murder can be as low as 12 years of imprisonment, but for cases of femicide this would be increased to a minimum of 20, up to 40 years.
The reforms to Article 232 of the Jalisco penal code must now be approved by the State Congress.
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