General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 745
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 3244
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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. REP. PETIT, 22nd Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 745
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 3244
*03244*
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.
REP. PETIT, 22nd 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.