USA - Indiana. The Senate passed SB 385 that would allow death penalty for a murder connected to a school shooting

The Senate passed 45-5 SB 385 that would allow death penalty for a murder connected to a school shooting. The bill is now assigned to the House Courts and Criminal Code Committee. Sen. Brandt Hershman, R, said he sponsored the bill after a slaying at Purdue University in which prosecutors weren’t able to seek the death penalty because state law doesn’t include campus shootings as aggravating factors. Instead, Cody Cousins received a 65-year sentence for the slaying of Andrew Boldt, a fellow student. Cousins committed suicide about a month after he was sentenced. The bill received bipartisan support in the Senate.