PRINTER'S NO. 57
No. 57 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, LEMMOND, COSTA, M. WHITE, BOSCOLA,
KASUNIC AND CORMAN, JANUARY 24, 2003
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JANUARY 24, 2003
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for
3 aggravating circumstances in the sentencing procedure for
4 murder of the first degree.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 9711(d) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
9 § 9711. Sentencing procedure for murder of the first degree.
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11 (d) Aggravating circumstances.--Aggravating circumstances
12 shall be limited to the following:
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14 (19) The defendant committed the killing in order to
15 collect life insurance proceeds.
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17 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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