HB 0026 Death penalty may apply to murder of child 16 or less, a developmentally disabled person or a dependent adult
Bill Summary
- Prepared by Senate Research -

HS/HCS/HB 26 & 177 - In capital murder cases, juries must consider evidence of statutory aggravating and mitigating factors to determine whether the death penalty is warranted. This act includes, as statutory aggravating circumstances for murder in the first degree, the following: murder of a child sixteen years of age or less, murder of a person with developmental disability as defined by statute, and murder of a dependent adult.
JOAN GUMMELS

SCA 1 - "DEPENDENT ADULT" CHANGED TO FUNCTIONALLY IMPAIRED ADULT, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 660.440, RSMo".

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