TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to support a bill to add life sentences for any person convicted of killing a law enforcement officer.
Legislation that would mandate life sentences for any person convicted of killing a law enforcement officer passed another step in Tallahassee.
Committees in both the Florida House and Senate overwhelmingly voted for that measure on Thursday.
It would add the manslaughter of a police officer to a list of crimes for which life in prison without the possibility of parole is the mandatory minimum.
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