VA Governor Signs Bill Requiring Cop Killers Serve No Less Than Life In Prison
By: Sandy Malone, defensemaven.io/bluelivesmatter
Richmond, VA – Virginia Governor Ralph Northam on Thursday signed into law a bill that would require cop killers to serve a minimum of life in prison for their crime.
Virginia Senate Bill 1501 said that anyone convicted of the capital murder of a member of law enforcement must spend a minimum of life in prison, WTVR reported.
Virginia includes fire marshals or deputy or assistant fire marshals, auxiliary deputy sheriffs, or any law-enforcement officer of another state or the United States who has the power to arrest in its definition of a law enforcement officer for the purposes of the legislation.
