| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §201, sub-§1, ¶¶B and C, as repealed and replaced by | PL 1977, c. 510, §38, are amended to read: |
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| B. He The person engages in conduct which that manifests a | depraved indifference to the value of human life and which | that in fact causes the death of another human being; or |
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| C. He The person intentionally or knowingly causes another | human being to commit suicide by the use of force, duress or | deception.; or |
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| | Sec. 2. 17-A MRSA §201, sub-§1, ¶D is enacted to read: |
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| D.__The person knowingly engages in a pattern or practice of | assault or torture of a child under 16 years of age | resulting in the death of that child.__For the purposes of | this paragraph, a person engages in a pattern or practice of | assault or torture if that person inflicts serious bodily | injury to a child by 2 or more separate acts and one of | those acts causes the death of the child. |
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| | This bill amends the crime of murder to include causing the | death of a child by engaging in a pattern or practice of assault | or torture of the child. |
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