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State Rep Harold Dutton files Law of Parties bill

By "Persian Cowboy"

State Rep Harold Dutton of Houston has filed a bill to end the death penalty as a sentencing option for anyone convicted under the Law of Parties. By: Dutton H.B. No. 304 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the extent of a defendant's criminal responsibility for the conduct of a co-conspirator in certain felony cases. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 1, Article 37.071, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 1. (a) If a defendant is found guilty in a capital felony case in which the state does not seek the death penalty, the judge shall sentence the defendant to life imprisonment without parole...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on November 28, 2008 (boomark / email).