Bill Text: CT SB00492 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: An Act Prohibiting Violent Offenders From Earning Risk Reduction Credit Toward A Reduction In Sentence.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-23 - Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary [SB00492 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-SB00492-Introduced.html

General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 492

 

January Session, 2013

 

LCO No. 2027

   

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY

 

Introduced by:

 

SEN. MCKINNEY, 28th Dist.

 

AN ACT PROHIBITING VIOLENT OFFENDERS FROM EARNING RISK REDUCTION CREDIT TOWARD A REDUCTION IN SENTENCE.

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

That section 18-98e of the general statutes be amended to prohibit an inmate sentenced to a period of incarceration for a violent crime from earning risk reduction credit toward a reduction in the sentence for such crime.

Statement of Purpose:

To prohibit the early release of violent offenders by prohibiting such offenders from earning risk reduction credit toward a reduction in sentence.

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