NEWS 28 - New Shire Governor Lynn Rodgers and State Law Makers are collectively working to pass a bill that will make killing a law enforcement and peace officer in New Shire an immediate death sentence upon conviction. The death penalty has been used less and less in New Shire and in 2019 the sentence was phased out in multiple counties.

"If there were measures like an immediate death penalty for cop killers, then this repeat offender would not have been able to successfully kill three fully skilled, fully trained New Shire State Troopers, period," said Governor Lynn Rodgers. "If this bill passes, we will send a clear message to any person who is considering to harm, hurt, assault or kill a police officer in New Shire. That message, you will face the consequences of your actions if you try to harm any one of our law enforcement officers."

The bill that the Governor proposed would add over six new charges to the sentences of cop killers, and would also lengthen and create stricter guidelines for appealing a death sentence related to the charges of 1) murder of a police or peace officer, 2) attempted murder of a government agent, law enforcement and peace officers.

The change would effectively make all cop killers liable for their crimes and would ultimately sentence them to death. The new legislation comes as the State tries to curb violence against police officers, whereas many critics of the Nationalist party say it is simply a ploy to get voters to support Thomas Cooke's presidential bid.

Governor Rodgers responded by explaining that violence against law enforcement has increased by 23% since 2020. She said that the violence against any law enforcement needs to stop and this bill will seek to do just that. Punish those who harm, hurt and murder law enforcement officials.

The bill is being proposed as HB 2308. The bill if passed and signed into law, would be known as the "Safety Of Law Enforcement And Subsequent Criminal Penalties Act," and will work to save police officers from unnecessary deaths.