HB1099 - Tennessee: Sentencing

Companion Bill SB0022. Sentencing - Increases punishment for rape of a child from Class A felony to life imprisonment or life without parole and for aggravated rape of child from Range III Class A felony to life imprisonment, life without parole, or death. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5. Fiscal Summary for HB1099 / *SB0022Increase State Expenditures - $15,601,100 / Incarceration* $244,600 Recurring $18,900 One-Time Other Fiscal Impact - It is estimated that an average of one offender per year will receive a death sentence. If a death sentence offender serves an average of 20 years before the sentence is carried out, there will be no significant additional incarceration costs for the death-sentenced offender, apart from the cost of the execution. The cost of executing each inmate will exceed $15,000. The cost to the [...]

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