An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in authorized disposition of offenders, further providing for sentence for murder, murder of unborn child and murder of law enforcement officer; and, in sentencing, further providing for sentences for offenses committed against law enforcement officer.

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The bill revises Pennsylvania’s criminal code to impose longer sentences for attempts, conspiracies and solicitations to commit murder, including murder of an unborn child and murder of a law‑enforcement officer. It also creates mandatory minimum terms of at least 20 years for certain assaults and murder‑related offenses against police officers. The changes aim to increase penalties for violent crimes that target officers and vulnerable victims.

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