SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1871        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 937

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Bruce E. Tarr

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to juvenile murder.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

Donald H. Wong

9th Essex

Frank A. Moran

17th Essex

Theodore C. Speliotis

13th Essex


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1871        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 937

By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 937) of Bruce E. Tarr, Donald H. Wong, Frank A. Moran and Theodore C. Speliotis for legislation relative to juvenile murder.  The Judiciary.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act relative to juvenile murder.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Section 72B of chapter 119 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking the text thereof and replacing it with the following:-

“In the case of a sentence to life imprisonment for murder in the first degree committed by a person on or after the person’s fourteenth birthday and before the person’s eighteenth birthday, the court shall fix a minimum term of 35 years, regardless of when the murder was committed.”