Bill Text: CT SB00356 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Penalty For Assisted Suicide.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-20 - Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary [SB00356 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-SB00356-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 356
January Session, 2011		LCO No. 2084
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
SEN. MCLACHLAN, 24th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PENALTY FOR ASSISTED SUICIDE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 53a-56 of the general statutes be amended to provide that any person convicted of a violation of subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of said section by intentionally causing or aiding another person, other than by force, duress or deception, to commit suicide shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of which two years of the sentence imposed shall not be suspended or reduced by the court.

Statement of Purpose:

To provide a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for the crime of assisted suicide.