MO SB1437

Increases minimum and maximum prison terms for all felony classes: Class A felonies rise from 10-30 years to 15-40 years, Class B from 5-15 years to 10-20 years, Class C from 3-10 years to 5-15 years, Class D from up to 7 years to 3-10 years, and Class E from up to 4 years to 2-5 years

Requires mandatory sentencing enhancements for repeat offenders: prior felony offenders convicted of a new felony must be sentenced at one class higher, persistent felony offenders at two classes higher, with persistent felony offenders convicted of Class A felonies receiving mandatory life imprisonment

Prohibits plea bargaining for 26 specified serious offenses including first-degree murder, rape, kidnapping, robbery, burglary, armed criminal action, and arson, except when there is insufficient evidence to prove the case

Subjects prosecuting attorneys to immediate removal from office for failing to charge eligible defendants with sentencing enhancements or for violating plea bargaining restrictions, with the attorney general authorized to file removal complaints

Circuit judges who fail to impose required sentencing enhancements or accept prohibited plea bargains constitute willful neglect of duty and forfeit their office, subject to quo warranto proceedings initiated by the attorney general