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Committee advances "Desiree's Law" to let prosecutors seek homicide charges when earlier injuries later prove fatal
Summary
Senate Bill 92, prompted by the 2017 shooting of Desiree Turner and her subsequent 2025 death, would create a narrow exception allowing homicide charges when an earlier prosecution for injury preceded a later death; prosecutors and the victim's family urged passage while defense groups urged narrower language and credit-for-time-served protections.
Senate Bill 92, sponsored by Sen. Wilson and known in testimony as "Desiree's Law," was favorably recommended to the full Senate after committee discussion and public testimony. The bill would create a limited exception to the double-jeopardy rule to allow later homicide prosecution when: the original offense caused bodily injury, the victim later died from that injury (or an approximate result of it), and the original prosecution had concluded by conviction or dismissal.
Sen. Wilson framed the bill around the case of Desiree Turner, who was shot in 2017 and survived for years with catastrophic injuries before dying in April 2025; he said the law would close a perceived…
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