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SB1288: Triggerman rule; redefinition thereof.
Chief Patron
Sen.
Mark Obenshain (R-26)
Mark Obenshain
(R-26)
Served: 2004–
Progress
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Status
03/26/2007: vetoed by governor
Summary
Redefinition of the triggerman rule. Redefines the "triggerman rule," which currently provides that only the actual perpetrator of a capital murder is eligible for the death penalty and that accessories and principals in the second degree can be punished only as if guilty of first degree murder. This bill allows principals in the second degree and accessories before the fact to be charged as principals in the first degree in the cases of murder for hire, murder involving a continuing criminal enterprise, and terrorism. This bill allows, in all other cases of capital murder, an accessory before the fact to be tried as a principal in the first degree if he had the same intent to kill as the principal in the first degree or if he ordered or directed the willful, deliberate, and premeditated killing.
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The following bills are identical to this one: HB2348
Introduced: 2007-01-09
Status: vetoed
Poll Results
2 votes
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