Bill Text: WV HB4125 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creating a felony penalty of life without mercy for the first degree murder of a law-enforcement officer

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-13 - To House Judiciary [HB4125 Detail]

Download: West_Virginia-2020-HB4125-Introduced.html

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WEST virginia legislature

2020 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 4125

By Delegate Byrd

[Introduced January 13, 2020; Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §61-2-10c, relating to creating a felony penalty of life without mercy for the first degree murder of a law-enforcement officer.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 2. CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON.

§61-2-10c First degree murder of a law-enforcement officer; penalties.

Any person who is convicted of murder in the first degree of a law-enforcement officer acting in his or her official capacity shall be confined in a state correctional facility for life, without mercy:  Provided, That this section does not apply if the person convicted of first degree murder was convicted as a principal in the second degree or as an accessory before or after the fact pursuant to §61-11-6 of this code.

 

 

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to create a penalty for the offense of killing a law-enforcement officer.  The penalty is life without mercy.

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