Mississippi Legislature
2006 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2512

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Description: Parole; allow all first-time offenders convicted of a nonviolent crime to be eligible for parole.

Bill Text: [Introduced]

History of Actions:

1		01/12 (S) Referred To Corrections
2		01/31 (S) Died In Committee

Background Information:

Effective date		Passage
Disposition		Dead
Deadline		General Bill/Constitutional Amendment
Revenue		No
Vote type required		Majority

Senate Committee:

• Corrections

Principal Author: Jackson (32nd)

Code Section: A 047-0007-0003

Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ALLOW FIRST-TIME OFFENDERS CONVICTED OF A NONVIOLENT CRIME REGARDLESS OF THE DATE OF CONVICTION TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Information pertaining to this measure was last updated on 01/31/06 at 17:57.

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