CT SB01062

Requires courts to consider twelve specific mitigating factors when sentencing children transferred to adult criminal court for felony convictions, including age, maturity, trauma history, mental health, family environment, and brain development differences.

Prohibits waiver of presentence investigation reports for children convicted of class A or B felonies; permits waiver for class C, D, or unclassified felonies only with court approval.

Directs the Court Support Services Division to establish reference materials on adolescent psychological and brain development to assist courts in sentencing children.

Eliminates juvenile status as a capital punishment eligibility factor by requiring that defendants be eighteen years of age or older at time of offense to receive death penalty for capital felonies or murder with special circumstances.

Makes changes applicable October 1, 2013, to sentencing provisions for children transferred to adult court and capital punishment eligibility requirements for all murder convictions.