Connecticut 2013 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05645 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/22/2013

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5645
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 2271
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. HOLDER-WINFIELD, 94th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5645 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 2271

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY 

Introduced by:

REP. HOLDER-WINFIELD, 94th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING JUVENILE SENTENCE RECONSIDERATION.

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

That the general statutes be amended to establish a process for reconsideration and reduction of a lengthy sentence of imprisonment imposed on a person for an offense committed while such person was a child or youth.

Statement of Purpose: 

To establish a process for reconsideration and reduction of a lengthy sentence of imprisonment imposed on a person for an offense committed while such person was a child or youth.