Honduras Toughens Femicide Penalties, Creates All-Female Courts
Published on Honduras Daily · Jul 6, 2026 · Originally reported July 5, 2026 by La Prensa
Honduras has enacted criminal-code reforms that raise femicide sentences from 25–30 years to as much as 60 years in aggravated cases and create specialized courts staffed entirely by women judges to handle femicide and violence-against-women cases.
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