Bill > H941

This bill amends Chapter 274 of the General Laws to properly punish the solicitation of felony crimes. The key provisions are: 1. It creates a new Section 8 in Chapter 274 that establishes penalties for soliciting, counseling, advising, or enticing another person to commit a crime punishable by imprisonment in the state prison. The penalties vary based on the severity of the intended crime, with higher penalties for more serious offenses (e.g., up to 20 years in prison for crimes punishable by life imprisonment, and up to 10 years for crimes punishable by 10 or more years in prison). 2. It specifies that the penalties established in this new section do not apply if the crime of solicitation, counsel, advice, or enticement is already expressly penalized in another section of the General Laws, in which case the penalty under that other section would be imposed instead.

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H941