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GA HB802
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/31/2018
Primary Sponsor
Wendell Willard
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AI Summary
- Prohibits courts from imposing the death penalty or life without parole on defendants who were under 18 years of age at the time the crime was committed
- Requires courts to consider mitigating factors and circumstances when sentencing defendants who were under 18 at the time of the offense
- Guarantees parole eligibility after 25 years of incarceration for juvenile offenders convicted of murder (Code Section 16-5-1), and after 15 years for all other offenses committed before age 18
- Applies retroactively to any inmate whose crime was committed before, on, or after July 1, 2018, regardless of sentence imposed, including those currently serving life or life without parole
- Requires the State Board of Pardons and Paroles to hold expeditious parole hearings that consider the differences between youthful and adult offenders, allow attorney representation, and reconsider denied inmates at least every three years
Legislative Description
Criminal procedure; considerations in sentencing and paroling a defendant who was less than 18 years of age at the time he or she committed a crime; provide
Last Action
House Second Readers
2/5/2018
Full Bill Text
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