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MI SB1245
Bill
AI Summary
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Amends Michigan Penal Code section 316 to require persons convicted of first degree murder to be immediately committed to the Department of Corrections for incarceration in a state correctional facility pending sentencing and following conviction.
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Maintains existing first degree murder convictions carrying life imprisonment without parole eligibility, including murders by poison, lying in wait, premeditated killing, and murders committed during perpetration of specified felonies.
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Adds new subsection requiring mandatory state correctional facility housing for all first degree murder convicts, eliminating discretion in pre-sentencing and post-conviction detention placement.
Legislative Description
Corrections: state facilities; certain individuals to immediately be housed in department of corrections; require. Amends sec. 316 of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.316).
State agencies (existing): corrections
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Judiciary And Public Safety
12/3/2020