Articles A and B, , and ban harassment sentencing to up to three years in prison , forced marriage sentencing to up to five years in prison , slavery imprisonment from years , and human trafficking imprisonment from years , respectively.
Article punishes the economic exploitation of prostitution by third parties, even though prostitution itself is not a crime in Portugal. Lei n. Those who have sexual encounters with minors face imprisonment of years. Anyone who takes advantage of a hierarchical position in a workplace to constrain someone to obtain sexual advantage is punished with imprisonment up to two years and a fine.
Article increases the penalty for murder to years in prison if the crime was motivated by racial, religious, or political hatred, or generated by color, ethnic, or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity of the victim.
The defendant was accused of murdering his wife and sentenced to 18 years of imprisonment, in addition to paying of kz. It argued that, as shown by the evidence, the accused had tried to have sexual relations with his wife and, when she declined, beat her in front of their two underage children. The accused fled to the woods, while their nine-year-old daughter went to get help. The Supreme Court reasoned that, although the object used to stab the victim had not been examined, there was no doubt as to the fact that it was used to injure the victim and caused her death.
O acusado fugiu para a floresta, enquanto a sua filha de nove anos de idade foi buscar ajuda. The circumstances of the case showed that the accused and the victim were consuming drugs by a local river when, for unrevealed reasons, he pushed her over the stairs which led to the river, at a height of approximately five meters. The victim ended up by the water with bruises on her face and a broken neck, which was stated as the cause of death. The prosecution argued that his intent was to make it appear as though the victim had suffered sexual assault.
