Committee declines to release bill excluding class A felons from sentence‑modification eligibility
After hours of testimony from survivors, advocates and the Department of Correction, the committee voted not to release HB289, which would have removed class A felonies from eligibility to apply for sentence modification. Witnesses and members debated victim retraumatization, rehabilitation, and risks to wrongfully convicted people.
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The committee rejected a motion to release House Bill 289, which would have barred people convicted of class A felonies from applying for sentence modification under the state’s recent changes to Title 11.
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