{"id":2071,"date":"2011-03-04T08:32:23","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T13:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=2071"},"modified":"2011-03-04T08:33:18","modified_gmt":"2011-03-04T13:33:18","slug":"pileggi-backs-tougher-new-arson-law-pushed-by-da-carroll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=2071","title":{"rendered":"Pileggi backs tougher new arson law pushed by DA Carroll"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2072\" style=\"width: 182px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Sen.Pileggi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2072\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2072 \" style=\"border: 2px solid navy; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Sen.Pileggi\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Sen.Pileggi-286x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"172\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2072\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Dominic Pileggi<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Senator John Rafferty (R-44) and Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi (R-9) announced today that they will introduce legislation to significantly strengthen Pennsylvania\u2019s arson laws.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened in Coatesville in 2008 and 2009 was both stunning and horrifying,\u201d said Senator Rafferty. \u201cIt is our responsibility to ensure that the justice system is equipped to suitably punish people who commit crimes like these.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCommitting arson is despicable under any circumstance,\u201d said Senator Pileggi. \u201cIt is unconscionable to set fire to a building knowing that someone is inside, or with the intent to injure someone. This legislation will ensure that the punishment fits the crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Senators Rafferty and Pileggi thanked Chester County District Attorney Joseph W. Carroll, who reached out to them and other members of the Chester County legislative delegation with a proposal to amend the arson statute.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation, which is expected to be introduced later this month, will create a new class of crime known as aggravated arson. A person can be convicted of aggravated arson if he intentionally starts a fire \u2013 or if he aids or pays someone else to start a fire \u2013 with the intent to cause bodily injury or knowing that someone was inside the property at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Depending on the exact circumstances of the crime, a conviction for aggravated arson could result in a minimum sentence of five to 12 years in prison. Anyone convicted of multiple counts of arson would be subject to consecutive sentences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator John Rafferty (R-44) and Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi (R-9) announced today that they will introduce legislation to significantly strengthen Pennsylvania\u2019s arson laws. \u201cWhat happened in Coatesville in 2008 and 2009 was both stunning and horrifying,\u201d said Senator Rafferty. \u201cIt is our responsibility to ensure that the justice system is equipped to suitably punish [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[243,244,128],"class_list":["post-2071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-arson","tag-carroll","tag-pileggi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}