Question juridique clé
Whether the cantonal courts violated Arts. 47 and 50 SCC in fixing and motivating the sentence
Solution extraite
No violation: the sentence was based on the legally relevant circumstances, the courts sufficiently explained their assessment, and 15 years was not excessively severe.
Motifs extraits
The lower courts could treat the alleged payments only as proposed, not proven. They were not required to repeat those elements at the sentencing stage, and the penalty remained within the broad discretion allowed for assassination, given the extreme seriousness of the offense and only slight mitigation from diminished responsibility.