Amending Laws to Protect Judges
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Bill Summary - 24LSO-0368 Bill No.: SF0030 Effective: 7/1/2024 LSO No.: 24LSO-0368 Enrolled Act No.: SEA No. 0005 Chapter No.: 15 Prime Sponsor: Joint Judiciary Interim Committee Catch Title: Influencing jurors and witnesses-judges amendment. Has Report: No Subject: Amending the offense of influencing, intimidating or impeding jurors, witnesses, and officers. Summary/Major Elements: Current law provides that a person commits a felony when the person, by force or threats, attempts to influence, intimidate or impede a juror, witness or officer in the discharge of that person's duty. This act includes judges as an object of the offense (along with jurors and witnesses) and clarifies that "officers" refers to "judicial officers." The act also specifies that the offense can be committed by using force or threats or by retaliating against a juror, judge, witness or other judicial officer. The act reduces the maximum term of imprisonment for the offense from ten (10) years to five (5) years. The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.
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The lawmaker supports the bill because it clarifies that judges are protected from intimidation and accepts the reduced five-year penalty as appropriate.
R · H36
Why they voted this way
The lawmaker argues that a two-year felony is inadequate because it fails to reflect the significance of intimidating judges, jurors, and witnesses in high-stakes cases. He supports raising the penalty to five years to properly acknowledge the crime's severity.
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The amendment changes the penalty for intimidating or impeding jurors, judges, witnesses, and officers by reducing a specific number from ten to two.
The amendment changes the bill to clarify that judges are included in protections against being influenced, intimidated, or impeded by others, and it reduces the penalty from ten years to five years for such offenses.
The amendment adds 'retaliate against' to the list of actions that are illegal when directed at jurors, witnesses, and officers, and clarifies that judges are included in this protection.
The amendment adds judges to the list of people protected under laws that prevent influencing, intimidating, or impeding jurors, witnesses, and officers.