Petit treason amendment bill seeks to change the prosecution and punishment of petit treason in Massachusetts.
The Massachusetts S951 bill proposes to amend the state's General Laws by changing the prosecution and punishment of petit treason. Currently, petit treason is prosecuted and punished as murder. This bill seeks to modify that legal treatment, though it does not specify the new treatment. The change aims to address the current legal framework surrounding petit treason in the state.
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