Legislature(1999 - 2000)
01/22/1999 01:30 PM Senate JUD
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SB 3 - CRIMES OF MURDER & CHILD MURDERS MR. BILL STOLTZ, staff to Senator Rick Halford explained to the committee that this is a bill that went through the Legislature last year. SB 3 establishes more severe consequences for the killing of a child and gives the courts an additional tool to deal with crimes involving the murder of children. SB 3 also significantly changes sentencing provisions for child homicide. MR. STOLTZ said the bill also adds a section to make conspiracy to commit child murder and solicitation of child murder carry the same penalty and creates a new category of first degree murder when the death of a child results from kidnaping or sexual assault. MR. STOLTZ also reported SB 3 expands the list of offenses constituting felony murder to include sexual abuse of a minor in the first and second degrees and elevates criminally negligent homicide from a class C to a class B felony. Furthermore, SB 3 establishes a twenty-year minimum mandatory sentence for a conviction of child murder and increases the penalty for manslaughter when the victim is under the age of sixteen. Finally, SB 3 establishes the crime of custodial interference. Generally, MR. STOLTZ commented that children are vulnerable members of society and this bill serves as a memorial for the victims of crimes in which the perpetrators were never commensurately punished. SENATOR TORGERSON asked if the bill is substantially the same as last year and MR. STOLTZ replied it is, only the section on solicitation had been added. Number 105 MS. JANET LIENHART spoke in support of SB 3 and said kids should count as well as adults. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR thanked MS. LEINHART for her time and effort on this issue. CHAIRMAN TAYLOR noted for the record that the committee had received a letter from Mr. Dean Guaneli, Department of Law, in support of the bill. MS. ANNE CARPENETI, representing the Department of Law, testified that the department does support this legislation. Number 169 SENATOR HALFORD moved SB 3 from committee with individual recommendations. Without objection, it was so ordered.
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