PRINTER'S NO. 508
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
545
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY BOBACK, SCHMITT, MILLARD, ROTHMAN, GREINER, HELM,
SCHLEGEL CULVER, NEILSON, STRUZZI, MOUL AND GILLEN,
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 16, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sentencing, further
providing for sentencing procedure for murder of the first
degree.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 9711(d) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
ยง 9711. Sentencing procedure for murder of the first degree.
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(d) Aggravating circumstances.--Aggravating circumstances
shall be limited to the following:
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(19) The defendant knowingly or intentionally desecrated
or mutilated the corpse of the victim.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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