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MS HB1400

Bill

Official Source

Status

Failed

2/23/2016

Primary Sponsor

Deborah Butler Dixon

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Origin

House of Representatives

2016 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates "The Broderick Dixon Act" to expand the definition of capital murder in Mississippi

  • Adds shooting an unarmed person in the back as a new category of capital murder under Section 97-3-19 of the Mississippi Code

  • Capital murder in Mississippi can carry the death penalty or life imprisonment without parole

  • Effective date of July 1, 2016

Legislative Description

Capital murder; include shooting an unarmed person in the back as.

Last Action

Died In Committee

2/23/2016

Committee Referrals

Judiciary B2/8/2016

Full Bill Text

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