MS SB2392

Amends Mississippi's habitual violent offender sentencing law (Section 99-19-83) to require that both previous felony convictions be crimes of violence, rather than just one, before imposing mandatory life imprisonment

Under current law, a person can be sentenced to life without parole if convicted of a third felony when only one of the two prior felonies was a crime of violence

The mandatory life sentence would still apply to offenders with two prior separate felony convictions that resulted in sentences of one year or more served in state or federal prison

Offenders sentenced under this statute remain ineligible for parole, probation, or any form of early release from the Department of Corrections

Effective date: July 1, 2022