Pennsylvania HB888 amends sentencing for murder, including unborn children and law enforcement officers, and modifies arson and property destruction.
Pennsylvania HB888 amends the state's criminal code to revise sentencing for murder, including first-degree murder of an unborn child and murder of a law enforcement officer. It mandates life imprisonment for these offenses. The bill also modifies arson and related offenses, specifying penalties. In the judicial process, it changes the jurisdiction of appellate courts, allowing the Supreme Court to review sentences of death. HB888 further revises post-trial matters by expanding the criteria for postconviction DNA testing and altering the procedure for sentencing in first-degree murder cases.
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