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MS SB2456
Bill
AI Summary
- Amends Section 99-19-83 of the Mississippi Code to modify sentencing requirements for habitual violent offenders
- Changes requirement from "any one" to "both" of the prior felonies must be crimes of violence, as defined by Section 97-3-2
- Maintains life imprisonment sentence without possibility of reduction, suspension, parole, probation, or early release for those meeting the revised criteria
- Applies to persons convicted of a felony who have two prior separate felony convictions with sentences of one year or more served in state or federal prison
- Effective July 1, 2020
Legislative Description
Violent habitual offender; revise.
Last Action
Died In Committee
3/3/2020
Committee Referrals
Judiciary, Division B2/14/2020
Full Bill Text
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