HB 557 – AS INTRODUCED
2009 SESSION
04/01
HOUSE BILL 557
AN ACT requiring the attorney general to request a life sentence instead of the death penalty in certain circumstances.
SPONSORS: Rep. Lindsey, Ches 3
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
This bill requires that in a capital murder case where the defendant pleads guilty, the state shall not seek the death penalty, but shall instead request a sentence of life imprisonment.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
09-0761
04/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine
AN ACT requiring the attorney general to request a life sentence instead of the death penalty in certain circumstances.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Capital Murder. Amend RSA 630:1, III to read as follows:
III. A person convicted of a capital murder may be punished by death, provided that if the defendant pleads guilty, the state shall not pursue punishment by death but shall request a sentence of life imprisonment.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2010.