MS HB706

Prohibits inmates age 18 or older at time of offense from earning sentence reductions through earned time allowance, good time, or other administrative reductions if convicted of life without parole, life imprisonment, habitual offender status, second degree murder, manslaughter, aggravated assault, sex crimes, or robbery/attempted robbery with deadly weapon

Allows life sentence inmates convicted of murder who are age 65 or older and have served at least 15 years to petition sentencing court for conditional release

Permits juvenile offenders (under 18 at time of offense) sentenced to 35+ years or life with possibility of parole to become parole-eligible after serving 85% of sentence (or 35 years of natural life sentence) if they maintain good conduct

Allows eligible juveniles to petition for release in the circuit court where they were convicted, with the court determining release conditions and post-release supervision terms

Effective July 1, 2014