Tougher Penalty for Hiding a Body Signed into Law

Robert G. Ortt

On September 23, 2015, the governor signed Amanda Lynn’s Law ending a mother’s five-year battle to push it through both houses. Named after Amanda Lynn Wienkowski, the bill makes it a felony, up from a misdemeanor, to conceal a body or dispose of a corpse without a proper burial permit. Read the full article in the Daily News: New York State Toughens Penalty for Hiding a Dead Body.   

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