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 White paper on crime 2001 Part 2/Chap.3/Sec.3/2. 

2. Imprisonment with labor for life

  Table II-8 shows the number of defendants sentenced to imprisonment with labor for life in the first instance over the last ten years to 2000, by type of offense.

Table II-8 Number of defendants sentenced to imprisonment with labor for life in the ordinary first instance, by type of offense (1991-2000)

  By type of offense, the percentage of the defendants sentenced to imprisonment with labor for life in all defendants found guilty was 3.3% for homicide and 7.6% for robbery resulting in death or bodily injury in 1999 while it was 2.8% for homicide and 6.1% for robbery resulting in death or bodily injury in 2000.