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GA HB1214
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/8/2024
Primary Sponsor
Yasmin Neal
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AI Summary
- Grants courts discretion to decline imposing the death penalty or life without parole on defendants who were under 18 years of age when the crime was committed, and allows courts to consider mitigating factors in sentencing such defendants
- Establishes mandatory parole eligibility for juvenile offenders convicted of murder (Code Section 16-5-1) after serving no more than 25 years of incarceration
- Establishes mandatory parole eligibility for juvenile offenders convicted of any crime other than murder after serving no more than 15 years of incarceration
- Applies retroactively to any inmate whose crime was committed before, on, or after July 1, 2018, regardless of the sentence imposed, including life without parole, mandatory minimums, and consecutive 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 circumstances, 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
2/12/2024
Committee Referrals
Juvenile Justice2/9/2024
Full Bill Text
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