Bill Text | History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Corrections; revise 85% rule by excluding nonviolent offenders and creating a rehabilitation program.
Bill Text: [Introduced]
| 1 | 01/20 (H) Referred To Penitentiary | |
| 2 | 02/04 (H) Died In Committee |
| Effective date | July 1, 2003 | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| Vote type required | Majority |
House Committee:
Principal Author: Scott (80th)
Code Sections: A 047-0005-0138, A 047-0007-0003
Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 47-5-138 AND 47-7-3, 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 REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO CREATE A REHABILITATION PROGRAM FOR NONVIOLENT OFFENDERS WHO RECEIVE AN EARNED-TIME ALLOWANCE OF ONE-HALF OF THE PERIOD OF CONFINEMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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