Bill > SB1284

This bill amends Pennsylvania law to adjust sentencing guidelines for certain serious offenses, specifically focusing on crimes involving murder and offenses against law enforcement officers. It modifies the penalties for attempting, soliciting, or conspiring to commit murder, including the murder of an unborn child or a law enforcement officer, by establishing maximum prison terms of 40 years if serious bodily injury occurs and 20 years if it does not, with a notable exception for attempts to murder a law enforcement officer where serious bodily injury results, which can now carry a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. Additionally, the bill introduces mandatory minimum sentences for offenses committed against law enforcement officers, requiring at least 20 years of imprisonment for criminal attempts, conspiracies, or solicitations to commit murder of a law enforcement officer that result in serious bodily injury, as well as for assaults against law enforcement officers. The term "serious bodily injury" is defined as it is in existing law, and "law enforcement officer" is defined as a "peace officer."