New York A00684 amends the crime of murder in the first degree to include intentional victim selection based on certain traits and mandates sentences.

New York A00684 amends the state's penal law to include intentionally selecting a victim based on certain actual or perceived traits in the crime of murder in the first degree. The bill specifies that the sentence for the commission of certain provisions of murder in the first degree is either death or life without parole. It also mandates that defendants convicted of murder in the first degree, where the victim was selected based on specific traits, face life imprisonment without parole. The bill applies to offenses committed on or after its effective date.

New York A00684 amends the crime of murder in the first degree to include intentional victim selection based on certain traits and mandates sentences.

New York A00684 amends the state's penal law to include intentionally selecting a victim based on certain actual or perceived traits in the crime of murder in the first degree. The bill specifies that the sentence for the commission of certain provisions of murder in the first degree is either death or life without parole. It also mandates that defendants convicted of murder in the first degree, where the victim was selected based on specific traits, face life imprisonment without parole. The bill applies to offenses committed on or after its effective date.