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MS SB2724
Bill
AI Summary
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Amends Section 47-5-139 of the Mississippi Code to exempt offenders who were under age 18 when they committed their offense from ineligibility provisions of the earned-time program.
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Allows juvenile offenders to earn sentence reductions even if they were sentenced to life imprisonment, convicted as habitual offenders, convicted of sex crimes, or committed robbery with a deadly weapon.
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Maintains all other earned-time program provisions, including forfeiture for escape and the commissioner's authority to restore earned time under specified conditions.
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Removes criminal penalties for officers or employees who willfully violate earned-time provisions.
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Takes effect July 1, 2014.
Legislative Description
Earned time; exempt juvenile offenders from the provisions which could make them ineligible for a reduction in sentence.
Last Action
Died In Committee
2/4/2014