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MS HB244

Bill

Official Source

Status

Failed

1/30/2018

Primary Sponsor

Alyce Clarke

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Origin

House of Representatives

2018 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends Mississippi Code Section 97-3-21 to prohibit imposition of the death penalty when a capital murder conviction is based solely on circumstantial evidence
  • Allows capital murder convicts to be sentenced to death, life imprisonment without parole, or life imprisonment with parole eligibility under existing law provisions
  • Maintains existing sentencing requirements for first-degree and second-degree murder convictions
  • Effective date: July 1, 2018

Legislative Description

Death penalty; prohibit imposition when based solely on circumstantial evidence.

Last Action

Died In Committee

1/30/2018

Committee Referrals

Judiciary B1/2/2018

Full Bill Text

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