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Senate panel narrows and advances mask-related sentencing aggravator after religious, law-enforcement testimony
Summary
The committee approved an amended bill adding a sentencing aggravator when a crime is committed while the perpetrator conceals their identity; Jewish and law-enforcement groups told lawmakers the tool would aid prosecutions of violent and hate crimes.
The Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee approved an amended sentencing-aggravator bill that would let judges consider intentional identity concealment at sentencing. The measure, as amended, removes a long exemption list and instead defines a mask as "a device worn over the face for the purpose of concealing or disguising the wearer's identity," keeping the change confined to sentencing aggravators rather than creating a new…
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