A Comparative Study of the Punishment of Murder in the Jewish Penal System and Imami Jurisprudence

Subject Areas : Journal of Law and Politics

Seyed ali Rabbani mousaviyan ¹ , Alireza Millani ²

1 - Assistant Professor and Faculty Member, Department of Jurisprudence and Law, Islamshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Islamshahr, Iran. (Consultant Professor): [e-mail]
2 - Assistant Professor and Faculty Member, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Islamshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Islamshahr, Iran. [e-mail]

Received: 2021-10-10 Accepted : 2021-12-15 Published : 2022-03-21

Keywords: punishment of deprivation of life, Imami jurisprudence, conditions of punishment for murder, : Murder, Jewish criminal law,

Abstract :

A Comparative Study of the Punishment of Murder in the Jewish Penal System and Imami JurisprudenceOne of the most important legal issues of the two religions, Judaism and Imamism, is criminal issues and criminology. The most important crime among crimes is murder. Therefore, this study aims to use a descriptive and analytical method to comparatively study the punishment of murder, the conditions and quality of its execution in the two religions.The results of the research indicate that although proving the intentionality of murder under Jewish law seems more difficult than Imami jurisprudence, in Jewish law the same amount as proving the absolute crime of murder (intentional and unintentional)Its punishment will be life imprisonment only, and other punishments are an exception to this sentence. In terms of circumstances, there are several differences in the criminal law of the two religions.Keywords: Murder, conditions of punishment for murder, punishment of deprivation of life, Jewish criminal law, Imami jurisprudence.