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CT HB06473
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/24/2011
Primary Sponsor
Judiciary Committee
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AI Summary
- Amends Connecticut General Statutes Section 53a-40(h) effective October 1, 2011, to modify sentencing requirements for persistent dangerous felony offenders
- Changes sentencing for offenders convicted of a third violent felony from "not less than three times the minimum term or more than life" to mandatory life imprisonment without possibility of parole
- Retains existing provision that sentences for first or second convictions as persistent dangerous felony offender range from twice the minimum to twice the maximum authorized term (or 40 years, whichever is greater)
- Removes discretion in sentencing by mandating life without parole for individuals convicted of three separate violent offenses enumerated in the statute
- Stated purpose is to permanently remove repeat violent offenders from the community
Legislative Description
An Act Concerning Persistent Dangerous Felony Offenders.
Last Action
Public Hearing 03/23
3/18/2011
Committee Referrals
Judiciary2/24/2011
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