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By Mr. Cabral of New Bedford, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1338) of Antonio F. D. Cabral and others relative to the penalties for failure to testify in gang related cases. The Judiciary. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PETITION OF:
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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.
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An Act relative to the failure to testify in gang related cases. |
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 233, section 5 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-
“Where the defendant is accused of a violent crime as defined in section 121 of chapter 140 that is a result of gang-related activity, the punishment for such failure to attend shall be by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year or both.”