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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Anybody convicted of fist-degree felony murder would spend at least 15 years behind bars under a proposed bill inspired by the 2004 murder of Lori Hacking.
Representative Lorie Fowlkie says the proposed bill would assure family members of murder victims that crime isn't going to be regarded lightly.
She says victims need to feel they've been dealt with fairly.
When a judge imposes the current five-years-to-life term, victims often believe there is a possibility the killer will serve five years in prison. Hacking's father says such a bill could help deter other husbands from killing their wives.
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