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New Hampshire Home Invasion Law to Get Senate Hearing

By Steve Hall

The AP reports, "NH Senate hearing Tues on death penalty bill," via the Boston Herald.New Hampshire?s Senate is holding a hearing Tuesday on capital murder legislation named after a Mont Vernon woman killed with a machete in her bed during a burglary. The bill is named after 42-year-old Kimberly Cates, who was killed in a burglary Oct. 4. Her 11-year-old daughter was also attacked but survived. The bill would make home invasion killings a death penalty offense.Under the bill, prosecutors would have to prove home invaders entered with the specific intent to kill the occupants of the house for the crime to be punishable by the death penalty.The House blocked introduction of an identical bill. "Death penalty discussion," is a part of Kevin Landrigan column in the Nashua Telegraph...continue to full post

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