General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 357
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 1354
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
SEN. MARKLEY, 16th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 357
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 1354
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
SEN. MARKLEY, 16th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE SENTENCING OF REPEAT VIOLENT OFFENDERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That section 53a-40 of the general statutes be amended to provide that violent offenders who have twice previously been convicted and sentenced for the commission of a violent offense shall be sentenced to a term of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
Statement of Purpose:
To create a true "three strikes" law in the state.