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MS SB2725
Bill
AI Summary
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Amends Section 47-5-138.1 of the Mississippi Code to allow offenders under age 18 at the time of their crime to remain eligible for trusty time sentence reductions.
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Trusty time allowances provide up to 30 days of sentence reduction per month for participation in approved programs, education, work projects, and special incentive programs while in trusty status.
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Removes age-18-at-offense restriction from ineligibility provisions that normally bar offenders sentenced to life, convicted as habitual offenders, convicted of sex crimes, and those convicted of drug trafficking or violent crimes with deadly weapons from receiving trusty time reductions.
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Effective date: July 1, 2014.
Legislative Description
Trusty time; exempt juvenile offenders from provisions that could make them ineligible for a reduction in sentence.
Last Action
Died In Committee
2/4/2014