Under What Circumstances Does the Crime of Robbery Result in the Death Penalty?

Based on Article 168 of the 2015 Penal Code stipulating the Crime of robbery as follows:

Anyone who uses force, threatens to use force immediately, or commits other acts making the victim unable to resist with the intention of appropriating property shall be subject to imprisonment from 03 years to 10 years.

Committing the crime under one of the following circumstances shall be subject to imprisonment from 07 years to 15 years:

- Organized;

- Of a professional nature;

- Causing injury or harm to another person's health with a physical injury rate from 11% to 30%;

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Committing the crime under one of the following circumstances shall be subject to imprisonment from 18 years to 20 years or life imprisonment:

- Appropriating property valued at 500,000,000 VND or more;

- Causing injury or harm to the health of one person with a physical injury rate of 61% or more, or causing injury or harm to the health of two or more people with a physical injury rate of each person being 31% or more;

- Causing death;

- Exploiting the circumstances of war, emergency situations.

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Thus, criminal law stipulates that the death penalty does not apply to the crime of robbery. Therefore, the highest penalty for this crime is life imprisonment.

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