Loading chat...
GA HB1542
Bill
Status
Introduced
3/8/2022
Primary Sponsor
Derek Mallow
Click for details
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 they committed the crime
- Requires courts to consider mitigating factors and circumstances when sentencing defendants who were under 18 at the time of the offense
- Establishes mandatory parole eligibility for juvenile offenders: after 25 years of incarceration for murder convictions (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 life and life without parole sentences
- 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, consider mitigating factors, and reconsider denied inmates at least every three years
Legislative Description
Criminal procedure; considerations in sentencing and paroling a defendant less than 18 years of age at the time he or she committed a crime; provide
Last Action
House Second Readers
3/11/2022
Committee Referrals
Judiciary - Non-Civil3/9/2022
Full Bill Text
No bill text available