A bill that would make murder of a child 12 or younger...

A bill that would make murder of a child 12 or younger an aggravating circumstance for purposes of imposing the death penalty easily won approval in the Arkansas House of Representatives. The death-penalty measure, House Bill 1264 by Rep. Jeremy Hutchinson, R-Little Rock, will go to the Senate for consideration. The House approved it 73-17 without debate. (text: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2001/htm/HB1264.pdf)