HB457

Ohio HB457 creates new aggravated murder offenses for political motivation and political victims, mandates a prison term for politically motivated.

Ohio HB457 amends the Revised Code to create new aggravated murder offenses for political motivation and political victims, to create a mandatory prison term for politically motivated offenses of violence, and to add political motivation to sentencing factors for felonies and misdemeanors. The bill specifies that a felony offense of violence is politically motivated if the motivation is the victim's political affiliation, association, belief, or ideology.