SECTION 1. Chapter 274 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding after section 7 the following section: -
Section 8. Whoever solicits, counsels, advises, or otherwise entices another to commit a crime that may be punished by imprisonment in the state prison and who intends that the person, in fact, commit or procure the commitment of the crime alleged shall, except as otherwise provided, be punished as follows:
First, by imprisonment for not more than 20 years in the state prison or for not more than 2½ half years in a jail or house of correction, or by a fine of not more than $10,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment, if the intent of the solicitation, counsel, advice or enticement is a crime punishable by imprisonment for life.
Second, by imprisonment for not more than 10 years in the state prison or for not more than 2½ years in a jail or house of correction, or by a fine of not more than $10,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment, if the intent of the solicitation, counsel, advice or enticement is a crime punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for 10 years or more.
Third, by imprisonment for not more than 5 years in the state prison or for not more than 2½ years in a jail or house of correction, or by a fine of not more than$5,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment, if the intent of the solicitation, counsel, advice or enticement is a crime punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for 5 years or more.
Fourth, by imprisonment for not more 2½ years in a jail or house of correction, or by a fine of not more than $2,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment, if the intent of the solicitation, counsel, advice or enticement is a crime punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for less than 5 years.
If a person is convicted of a crime of solicitation, counsel, advice or enticement for which crime the penalty is expressly set forth in any other section of the General Laws, the provisions of this section shall not apply to said crime and the penalty therefor shall be imposed pursuant to the provisions of such other section.
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