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Relating to the penalties for defendants who aid and abet the commission of murder in the first degree
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 11, 2020
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 12, 2020
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to the penalties for defendants who aid and abet the commission of murder in the first degree. Currently, a person convicted of murder in the first degree serves a life sentence without the possibility of parole, except for a juvenile who commits such an offense. The bill provides that a defendant convicted of murder in the first degree, other than a juvenile, who did not directly commit the act of murder, shall be sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after serving a mandatory minimum term of confinement of years, if the finder of fact determines the defendant aided and abetted the commission of the offense.
Read the full explanation
The bill specifies that a juvenile shall be sentenced for an offense described above as follows: life in prison with the possibility of parole; or life in prison with the possibility of parole after serving a mandatory minimum term of confinement, but in no event shall the mandatory minimum term of confinement exceed years. If a defendant is paroled pursuant to the bill, the defendant shall be subject to the same set of procedures and rules as other defendants on parole. The bill also prohibits earned time from reducing any mandatory minimum sentence provided in the bill.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 12, 2020. On February 18, 2020 it recommended passage.
- Sen. Tom Shipley REmail
- Sen. R. Taylor
- Sen. Zach Whiting R
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