Article 276

A person who commits murder that is premeditated or that is:

cruel or accompanied by torture;

committed pursuant to an agreement for hire;

committed to facilitate the commission of, or conceal the commission of, or aid in the escape from detection, arrest or conviction for any offence classified in this Code as a serious offence;

committed for terrorist or political motives or for reasons of ethnic or religious bias or hatred;

committed by means that the person who commits the crime knows will kill more than one person and in fact more than one death results; or

committed as member of a band or gang organized for carrying out armed robbery,

Death sentence shall be passed where the offender has committed aggravated murder while serving a sentence of imprisonment for life.