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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

RoseLee Vincent

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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 the penalties for accessory after the murder of a minor child.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

RoseLee Vincent

16th Suffolk

8/23/2017


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By Ms. Vincent of Revere, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of RoseLee Vincent relative to penalties for persons acting as accessories after murders of minor children.  The Judiciary.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act relative to the penalties for accessory after the murder of a minor child.

 

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

Chapter 274 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 4 the following section:-

Section 4A. Whoever, after the commission of a murder committed on a victim who was a minor child, harbors, conceals, maintains or assists the principal felon or accessory before the fact, or gives such offender any other aid, knowing that he or she has committed a felony or has been accessory thereto before the fact, with intent that he or she shall avoid or escape detention, arrest, trial or punishment, shall be an accessory after the fact, be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 20 years or by a fine of not more than $10,000 dollars.