Criminal Law

Re: 2009 House Bill 4509 (Expedite sentence commutation hearings for terminally ill prisoners )

bugman — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:48:43 GMT

how astute of the representative not to.

Re: 2009 House Bill 4509 (Expedite sentence commutation hearings for terminally ill prisoners )

gypsy — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 02:12:38 GMT

How astute of you to notice that detail, bugman.

Re: 2009 House Bill 4509 (Expedite sentence commutation hearings for terminally ill prisoners )

bugman — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:49:36 GMT

rep. agema.

that's probably because this bill deals with the terminally ill, not the mentally ill.

Re: 2009 House Bill 4509 (Expedite sentence commutation hearings for terminally ill prisoners )

Admin003 — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:34:03 GMT

Rep. Agema, having reserved the right to explain his protest against the passage of the bill, made the following statement:

“Mr. Speaker and members of the House:

This bill does not adequately deal with what mentally ill means. It’s not defined in the bill.”

2009 House Bill 4509 (Expedite sentence commutation hearings for terminally ill prisoners )

admin — Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT

Introduced in the House on March 4, 2009

The vote was 88 in favor, 21 opposed and 1 not voting

(House Roll Call 95 at House Journal 0)

Click here to view bill details.