Bill Text | History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Sentencing; revise earned time for certain nonviolent offenders.
Bill Text: [Introduced]
| 1 | 02/21/00 | (S) | Referred To Judiciary | |
| 2 | 03/07/00 | (S) | Died In Committee |
| Effective date | July 1, 2000 | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| 3/5ths vote required | No |
Senate Committee:
Principal Author: Huggins
Code Sections: A 047-0005-0138, A 047-0007-0003
Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-138, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT PERSONS CONVICTED OF NONVIOLENT CRIMES SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO THE MANDATORY EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT SENTENCING PROVISIONS; TO DEFINE "CRIME OF VIOLENCE"; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON CONVICTED OF A NONVIOLENT CRIME MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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