MN HF3326

Change judges' discretionary authority to mandatory requirement to impose aggravated sentences up to statutory maximum for violent felony offenders with two or more prior violent crime convictions when fact finder determines offender is danger to public safety.

Require mandatory minimum sentences of at least the presumptive Sentencing Guidelines length for violent felony convictions when offender has two or more prior violent felony convictions and either guidelines do not presume executed prison sentence or fact finder does not make danger determination.

Make aggravated durational departure from presumptive sentence mandatory (rather than discretionary) for offenders with five or more prior felony convictions committing a felony as part of pattern of criminal conduct.

Require consecutive sentencing for offenders convicted under these provisions unless concurrent sentences would result in longer total prison time.

Eliminate eligibility for probation, parole, discharge, and work release for affected offenders until full announced sentence is served; effective August 1, 2022 for crimes committed on or after that date.