Penalty for DUI manslaughter. (SB182)
Introduced By
Sen. Richard Stuart (R-Westmoreland)
Progress
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Introduced |
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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 |
Description
Penalty for DUI manslaughter. Provides that the punishment for DUI manslaughter is to include a one-year mandatory term of confinement and raises the mandatory minimum term for aggravated DUI manslaughter from one to five years. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Failed
History
Date | Action |
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01/10/2012 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 |
01/10/2012 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12102392D |
01/10/2012 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
01/12/2012 | Impact statement from VCSC (SB182) |
02/01/2012 | Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (7-Y 7-N) (see vote tally) |
02/02/2012 | Impact statement from DPB (SB182) |
Comments
Murder is murder, and 1 -5 years is a joke, it should be life in prison. Wheres all those big speaches about nothing more important than protecting kids. put up or shut up albo.
Both quick-summoned common sense and deep, reflective wisdom would dictate a mandatory minimum sentence for such offense. Invoke either to pass this bill.
Not passing it would seem to require a deliberate attempt to "rationalize" the irrational or "justify" the blatantly unjust. Do the right thing, solely for the sake of integrity and American society; politics have no place in the minds and hearts of those representatives whom we've entrusted to act on behalf of accountable citizens with fairness, character and integrity.