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MS SB2052
Bill
AI Summary
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Amends Mississippi Code Section 47-5-138.1 to allow offenders under age 18 at the time of their crime to be eligible for trusty-time sentence reductions, regardless of other disqualifying factors.
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Removes age-18-at-offense restriction from ineligibility provisions that otherwise bar sentence reductions for life sentences, habitual offender convictions, sex crimes, violent offenses with deadly weapons, and drug trafficking convictions.
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Maintains that adult offenders remain ineligible for trusty-time reductions based on the six disqualifying categories: life sentences, habitual offender status, sex crime convictions, certain violent crimes, drug possession with intent to distribute, and controlled substance trafficking.
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Takes effect July 1, 2015.
Legislative Description
Trusty time; exempt juvenile offenders from provisions that render all other offenders ineligible for a reduction in sentence.
Last Action
Died In Committee
2/3/2015