In the case of child murder involving rape or torture, the court can impose a safety period of up to 30 years, or order that the prisoner is to spend the rest of his or her life in prison [8].
Nevertheless, where the victim is a minor who is under fifteen years of age and the assassination is preceded by or accompanied by rape, torture or acts of barbarity, the Cour d'assises may by a special decision either increase the safety period to thirty years, or, where it imposes criminal imprisonment for life, decide that none of the measures enumerated under Article 132-23 shall be granted to the convicted person.