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Staff briefs commission on mandatory-minimums, predatory-offender registration and firearms possession data
Summary
Commission staff presented a fiscal-note scenario and case-count breakdowns showing how changes to the crime-of-violence definition or firearm-eligibility rules could affect prison bed use; staff also described data limitations and recommended materials for commissioners' review.
At the April 10 meeting staff briefed commissioners on two related topics: offenses whose sentencing is complicated by mandatory minimums (commonly called ineligible persons possessing firearms or ammunition) and failure-to-register as a predatory offender. The staff presentation highlighted data, fiscal-note findings and sources commissioners may consult.
Staffer Nate summarized the common features of the two issues: “these offenses basically are failure to register as a predatory offender and certain persons not to possess firearm or ammunition ... they have two very important things in common. One is there are mandatory minimums that apply to these offenses ... and the other is the behavior is not illegal for anybody else to…
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