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WITHDRAWN
Senators Douglas of the 17th, Wiles of the 37th, Staton of the 18th, Chapman of the 3rd, Crosby of the 13th and others offered the following amendment:
Senators Douglas of the 17th, Wiles of the 37th, Staton of the 18th, Chapman of the 3rd, Crosby of the 13th and others offered the following amendment:
Amend
HB 1002 by inserting on line 2, following
"so as", the
following:
to change the punishment when the victim is a judge, peace officer, corrections employee, firefighter, or emergency medical technician while engaged in the performance of his or her official duties;
to change the punishment when the victim is a judge, peace officer, corrections employee, firefighter, or emergency medical technician while engaged in the performance of his or her official duties;
By
inserting following line 11 the
following:
amended in Code Section 16-5-1, relating to murder and felony murder, by revising subsection (d) as follows:
amended in Code Section 16-5-1, relating to murder and felony murder, by revising subsection (d) as follows:
"(d)(1)
Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection,
a
A
person convicted of the offense of murder shall be punished by death or by
imprisonment for life.
(2)
A person convicted of the offense of murder committed against any judge, peace
officer, corrections employee, firefighter, or emergency medical technician
while engaged in the performance of his or her official duties shall be punished
by death or by imprisonment for life without
parole."
SECTION
2.
Said
title is further
By
redesignating Sections 2 through 5 as Sections 3 through 6,
respectively.