HB1873 - Tennessee - Criminal Procedure

Companion Bill SB2087. Criminal Procedure - Requires a person convicted of aggravated robbery or attempt to commit aggravated robbery to serve 85 percent of sentence before release eligibility status rather than 30 percent of sentence. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 5. Fiscal Summary for *HB1873 / SB2087Increase State Expenditures - $67,992,400 / Incarceration* Bill Summary for *HB1873 / SB2087 Under present law, persons who are convicted of the following crimes are ineligible for early release from incarceration and are required to serve 100 percent of the sentence imposed by the court less sentence credits for up to 15 percent of the sentence imposed: murder in the first degree; murder in the second degree; especially aggravated kidnapping; aggravated kidnapping; especially aggravated robbery; aggravated rape; rape; aggravated sexual [...]

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