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Senate concurs to enhance penalties for tampering with physical evidence in homicide cases, 44-6
Summary
House Bill 44, which creates an enhanced penalty when tampering with or fabricating physical evidence in connection with a homicide hinders a coroner or medical examiner's ability to determine cause or manner of death, passed the Senate by a 44-6 vote after debate about appropriate maximum sentences.
Senator Smith carried House Bill 44, which establishes an enhanced penalty for tampering with or fabricating physical evidence when that conduct interferes with the ability of a coroner or medical examiner to determine cause or manner of death in a homicide investigation.
"We already have a tampering with evidence bill. The maximum penalty is 10 years. In this bill, we're talking about an enhanced penalty in connection with a homicide ... when doing so…
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