Bill Title: Allows certain inmates to be granted a merit time allowance; allows inmates who are victims are able to prove that they were subjected to substantial physical, sexual or psychological abuse, that the abuse was inflicted by a member of their same family or household or a member of the person's immediate family, and that the abuse was a substantial factor in causing them to commit the crime to be eligible to earn merit time in the amount of one-third off either their minimum sentence (if inmate has an indeterminate sentence) or their flat sentence; allows such inmates to be eligible for presumptive release; expands the criteria that a person in custody of the department of correctional services may meet in order to earn merit time.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-07 - DEFEATED IN CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION [S00329 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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