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Senate committee debates robbery statute substitute; members add reenactment clause and continue work
Summary
The committee spent substantial time on a substitute to the robbery statute that clarifies retroactivity and places a burden of proof on incarcerated people; members raised policy and fiscal concerns, added a reenactment clause, and ultimately continued the bill for further review.
Lawmakers in a Senate committee devoted extended discussion to a substitute altering how robbery convictions are reviewed and who bears the burden of proof for retroactivity. The sponsor and counsel explained the substitute is intended to clarify that relief for past convictions depends on proof by a preponderance of the evidence and that the Department of Corrections would not be responsible for reviewing records to determine eligibility.
"Throughout the substitute, we are…
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