The Penal Code presently in force provides for the...

The Penal Code presently in force provides for the death penalty for 112 offenses, 33 of which are common crimes. Death-qualifiable offenses include: crimes against external State security; crimes against internal State security; crimes against peace and international law; acts against State security (like the violation of Cuban territory by participating as a member of the crew or traveling on board a ship or plane); crimes against the normal development of sexual relations and against the family, infancy and youth (rape when the victim is under 12 years of age or serious injury or illness results; pederasty with violence when the victim is under 14 years of age or serious injury or illness results). Under the Cuban Criminal Code, minors under 20 and women are exempt from capital punishment.