Bill Text: CT HB05081 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Placement Of Inmates Convicted Of Murder With Special Circumstances.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-09 - Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary [HB05081 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-HB05081-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 5081
January Session, 2013		LCO No. 353
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. CARPINO, 32nd Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PLACEMENT OF INMATES CONVICTED OF MURDER WITH SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 18-10b of the general statutes be amended to require that persons convicted of the class A felony of murder with special circumstances committed on or after April 25, 2012, under the provisions of section 53a-54b of the general statutes in effect on or after April 25, 2012, and sentenced to a term of life imprisonment without the possibility of release, be segregated from the general inmate population for the duration of such life imprisonment, and to require that such persons have similar living conditions as those inmates who are in the custody of the Commissioner of Correction for a capital felony committed prior to April 25, 2012, under the provisions of section 53a-54b of the general statutes in effect prior to April 25, 2012, for which a sentence of death was imposed in accordance with section 53a-46a of the general statutes.

Statement of Purpose:

To require that persons convicted of the class A felony of murder with special circumstances and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of release be segregated from the general inmate population and serve their sentences in similar living conditions as inmates on death row.