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Homicide sentence in Italy

Avv. Massimo Romano · updated 18/08/2026

Homicide sentence in Italy is decided by the provision below, by how the facts are qualified, and by what is done in the first weeks. Sentence, criminal record and right of residence follow from that. We answer on your own facts, at any hour, and you need not be in Italy.

Provision: Artt. 575, 576, 577, 584, 589 c.p.
Checked 18/08/2026.

What this page covers

Whether Homicide sentence in Italy ends in a conviction, and with what sentence, depends on how the facts are qualified and on decisions taken in the first weeks — long before any trial.

Governing provision: Artt. 575, 576, 577, 584, 589 c.p.

The questions that decide the outcome

  • What you are facing in custodial terms
  • Your options
  • Serving the sentence
  • Effect on your right to stay in Italy

Avv. Massimo Romano — Italian criminal defence lawyer, Naples Bar no. 14553, admitted to plead before the Court of Cassation since 23 October 2015.

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