General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 574
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 1945
*01945*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
SEN. MCLACHLAN, 24th Dist. SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist. SEN. MARKLEY, 16th Dist. SEN. LINARES, 33rd Dist. SEN. SUZIO, 13th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 574
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 1945
*01945*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
SEN. MCLACHLAN, 24th Dist.
SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist.
SEN. MARKLEY, 16th Dist.
SEN. LINARES, 33rd Dist.
SEN. SUZIO, 13th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING A MANDATORY LIFE SENTENCE FOR REPEAT VIOLENT OFFENDERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That subsection (h) of section 53a-40 of the general statutes be amended to provide that a person who is convicted for the third time of the commission of a violent felony shall be sentenced to life imprisonment.
Statement of Purpose:
To enact a true "three strikes" law in Connecticut by requiring a person convicted of a third violent offense to be sentenced to life in prison.