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Panel adopts amendment to SB 15 narrowing who may be assigned "hard labor"; bill recommended to pass 9–7
Summary
A legislative panel voted 9–7 to adopt an amendment to SB 15 that limits assignment of "hard labor" to people convicted of capital murder and aggravated felonious sexual assault of a child under 13, grants the corrections commissioner discretion on assignments, and then recommended the bill 'ought to pass' as amended.
A legislative executive session on SB 15 ended with the panel adopting an amendment, 9–7, that narrows which incarcerated people may be assigned "hard labor," and then voting the bill ought to pass as amended.
The presiding member said the amendment confines hard-labor assignments to two classifications: people convicted of capital murder and those convicted under RSA 630:1 for aggravated felonious sexual assault of a child under 13. The amendment also defines "hard labor," provides medical exemptions and alternative activities for inmates who cannot perform such work, and gives the…
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