SB2824 - Tennessee - Sentencing, Sexual Offenders

Companion Bill HB2647. Sentencing - Requires any child sexual predator, child rapist, or any person convicted of aggravated rape of a child who has a prior conviction for certain sexual offenses to be sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. - Amends TCA Section 39-13-523. Fiscal Summary for SB2824 / *HB2647Increase State Expenditures - $16,555,700/Incarceration* Bill Summary for SB2824 / *HB2647 This bill requires any of the following persons who are convicted in Tennessee of committing an offense on or after July 1, 2008, to be sentenced to imprisonment for life without possibility of parole: (1) A child sexual predator. A child sexual predator is a person who is convicted of committing a predatory offense and who has a prior conviction for a predatory offense; (2) A child rapist, which is a person convicted one [...]

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