Illinois · Criminal Code of 2012 (720 ILCS 5)
720 ILCS 5 § 8-1.2: Solicitation of murder for hire
What this law says, in plain English
A person commits solicitation of murder for hire by paying or offering value to another person to commit first-degree murder. The offense carries a sentence of 20–40 years imprisonment, or 25–60 years if the person solicited was under 17.
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