H 3773 General Bill, By T.F. Rogers
Similar (S 0041)
    A Bill to amend Section 17-25-45, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to a life sentence for a person convicted three times for certain crimes and a solicitor's discretion to invoke this sentence, so as to delete this provision, to provide definitions, to provide the conditions upon which a person may be imprisoned for life, to provide that a person sentenced pursuant to this provision must not be considered for or granted early release to eliminate prison overcrowding, to provide that a presiding judge, law enforcement agency, the Board of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services, or a state or local correction facility in its discretion may provide certain offenders notice of the sentence that must be imposed upon conviction of a most serious offense, to provide that the adequacy of the notice is not subject to judicial review and does not create a liability upon the State or its subdivisions, and to provide that this provision does not apply if a mandatory minimum sentence under another provision would exceed a sentence under this provision.
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03/09/95	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-2
03/09/95	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-3