WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2025 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
Senate Bill 188
By Senator Deeds
[Introduced February 12, 2025; referredto the Committee on the Judiciary]
A BILL to amend and reenact §61-2-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to increasing the penalty for voluntary manslaughter.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
## ARTICLE 2. Crimes against the person.
Voluntary manslaughter shall be punished by a definite term of imprisonment in the penitentiary which is not less than three five nor more than fifteen 25 years. A person imprisoned pursuant to the provisions of this section is not eligible for parole prior to having served a minimum of three five years of his or her sentence or the minimum period required by the provisions of §62-12-13, whichever is greater.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to increase the penalty for voluntary manslaughter.
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