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Committee advances technical fix to extend 20-year reconsideration for some who were minors at sentencing
Summary
The Judiciary Committee favorably reported Senate Bill 162, a technical correction to prior sentencing reforms that clarifies which people convicted as minors after 2021 will be eligible for a 20-year hearing to reconsider their sentences. Members debated scope and whether it grants duplicative benefits.
The Judiciary Committee advanced Senate Bill 162 on a favorable motion after members clarified who the bill is meant to help. The bill, described by members as a technical correction to earlier juvenile-restoration and second-look reforms, would ensure people convicted as minors after 2021 are eligible for a hearing to reconsider their sentences after serving 20 years.
Delegate Valentine described uncertainty…
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