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1 | 1 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 745 | |
2 | 2 | January Session, 2017 LCO No. 3244 | |
3 | 3 | *03244* | |
4 | 4 | Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY | |
5 | 5 | Introduced by: | |
6 | 6 | SEN. MCLACHLAN, 24th Dist. SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist. SEN. MARKLEY, 16th Dist. SEN. LINARES, 33rd Dist. SEN. SUZIO, 13th Dist. REP. PETIT, 22nd Dist. | |
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8 | 8 | General Assembly | |
9 | 9 | ||
10 | 10 | Proposed Bill No. 745 | |
11 | 11 | ||
12 | 12 | January Session, 2017 | |
13 | 13 | ||
14 | 14 | LCO No. 3244 | |
15 | 15 | ||
16 | 16 | *03244* | |
17 | 17 | ||
18 | 18 | Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY | |
19 | 19 | ||
20 | 20 | Introduced by: | |
21 | 21 | ||
22 | 22 | SEN. MCLACHLAN, 24th Dist. | |
23 | 23 | ||
24 | 24 | SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist. | |
25 | 25 | ||
26 | 26 | SEN. MARKLEY, 16th Dist. | |
27 | 27 | ||
28 | 28 | SEN. LINARES, 33rd Dist. | |
29 | 29 | ||
30 | 30 | SEN. SUZIO, 13th Dist. | |
31 | 31 | ||
32 | 32 | REP. PETIT, 22nd Dist. | |
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34 | 34 | AN ACT CONCERNING A MANDATORY LIFE SENTENCE FOR REPEAT VIOLENT OFFENDERS. | |
35 | 35 | ||
36 | 36 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: | |
37 | 37 | ||
38 | 38 | 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. | |
39 | 39 | ||
40 | 40 | Statement of Purpose: | |
41 | 41 | ||
42 | 42 | 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. |