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MS SB2053
Bill
AI Summary
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Amends Mississippi Code Section 47-5-139 to exempt offenders who were under 18 years old when they committed their offense from ineligibility provisions of the earned-time program.
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Removes restrictions on earned-time eligibility for juvenile offenders, including those sentenced to life imprisonment, convicted as habitual offenders, convicted of sex crimes, or convicted of robbery with a deadly weapon.
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Preserves all other earned-time program rules and restrictions for adult offenders, including forfeiture for escape and commissioner authority to deny earned time.
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Effective July 1, 2015.
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
2/3/2015