Providing that a defendant found guilty of murder in the first degree may be sentenced to death if that defendant murdered a law enforcement officer while the officer was not on duty if the murder was committed in retaliation for the officer's actions while on duty.

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Sponsored by:

Delegate Kevin Kelly, District 1B

Delegate Carmen Amedori, District 5A

Delegate Charles R. Boutin, District 34A

Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38B

Delegate John W. E. Cluster, Jr., District 8

Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38B

Delegate Steven J. DeBoy, Sr., District 12A

Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C

Delegate Donald H. Dwyer, Jr., District 31

Delegate Adelaide C. Eckardt, District 37B

Delegate George C. Edwards, District 1A

Delegate D. Page Elmore, District 38A

Delegate Jeannie Haddaway, District 37B

Delegate W. Louis Hennessy, District 28

Delegate John R. Leopold, District 31

Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32

Delegate Susan K. McComas, District 35B

Delegate Robert A. McKee, District 2A

Delegate Joseph J. Minnick, District 6

Delegate LeRoy E. Myers, Jr., District 1C

Delegate Anthony J. O'Donnell, District 29C

Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B

Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 34B

Delegate Christopher B. Shank, District 2B

Delegate Michael D. Smigiel, Sr., District 36

Delegate Theodore Sophocleus, District 32

Delegate Richard A. Sossi, District 36

Delegate Paul S. Stull, District 4A

Delegate Mary Roe Walkup, District 36

Delegate Richard B. Weldon, Jr., District 3B

Delegate John F. Wood, Jr., District 29A

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES; etc.

DEATH PENALTY

LAW ENFORCEMENT -see also- STATE POLICE, DEPARTMENT OF

MURDER

SENTENCES -see also- DEATH PENALTY

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Criminal Law

( 2-201 , 2-202 , 2-303 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (RTF / PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal Note: Available (WORD / PDF)

Amendments: None offered