Editing Honor Murder (section)

=== Zanardell's penal code of 1889 ===
In Italy, until the end of the twentieth century, the commission of a crime perpetrated in order to safeguard honor (for example the killing of an adulterous spouse or the lover of this or both) was sanctioned with lesser penalties compared to a similar crime with a different motive, since it was recognized that the offense to honor caused by a "dishonorable" conduct amounted to very serious provocation and the reparation of honor did not cause social reproach. Also, the art. 369 of the Zanardelli penal code of 1889, also recognized the extenuating circumstances for those who committed infanticide for reasons of honor, killing children born out of wedlock . These children were called "illegitimate offspring". The extenuating circumstances were valid as long as the child had not been born for more than five days and in any case was not registered in the registry office.