Action Alert


2011 Legislative Session:

 

At the Senate Courts of Justice Committee, Senator Obenshain's bill (SB 1200 – redefining what is commonly referred to as the “triggerman rule”) to extend the death penalty to accomplices in cases of murder in the commission of rape was passed by indefinitely by a vote of 8 to 6.  This means that, barring some unusual maneuver to revive the bill, the effort to expand capital punishment in this year’s General Assembly session has been defeated.

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