PRINTER'S NO. 3626
No. 2464 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY M. SMITH, TURZAI, BAKER, BRENNAN, CAPPELLI,
CAUSER, CLYMER, COSTA, DeLUCA, DENLINGER, DERMODY, FRANKEL,
GERGELY, HARHAI, HARHART, HENNESSEY, HORNAMAN, KORTZ, KOTIK,
MAJOR, MOUL, MOYER, MURT, MUSTIO, O'NEILL, PALLONE, PHILLIPS,
PICKETT, RAMALEY, RAPP, REICHLEY, RUBLEY, SABATINA, SAYLOR,
SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, SONNEY, SWANGER, VULAKOVICH, WALKO,
WATSON, J. WHITE, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD AND GEIST,
APRIL 15, 2008
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, APRIL 15, 2008
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for
3 sentencing procedure for murder of the first degree.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 9711(d) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
8 § 9711. Sentencing procedure for murder of the first degree.
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10 (d) Aggravating circumstances.--Aggravating circumstances
11 shall be limited to the following:
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13 (19) The victim was over 60 years of age; or the victim
14 was particularly vulnerable due to old age, infirmity or
15 disability.
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2 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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