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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO CRIMINALS -- CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS | |
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     Introduced By: Senators Raptakis, McCaffrey, Lombardi, Lombardo, and Algiere | |
     Date Introduced: February 26, 2013 | |
     Referred To: Senate Judiciary | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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     1 Section 13-8-13 of the General Laws in Chapter 13-8 entitled "Parole" is hereby |
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amended to read as follows: |
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     13-8-13. Life prisoners and prisoners with lengthy sentences. – |
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      (a)(1) No person convicted for a first or second degree murder and who has been |
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sentenced to a term of life imprisonment shall be eligible for a parole permit until he or she |
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actually shall have served at least thirty (30) years of the life sentence. |
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     (2) If any such person shall be sentenced to consecutive life sentences for convictions of |
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more than a single first or second degree murder, he or she shall not be eligible for a parole |
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permit until he or she actually shall have served thirty (30) years of each of the life sentences. |
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     (3) No person sentenced to a term of life imprisonment for the commission of a crime |
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other than first or second degree murder, shall be eligible for a parole permit until he or she |
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actually shall have served at least twenty (20) years of the life sentence. In the event the person |
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has received consecutive life sentences for crimes other than first or second degree murder, he or |
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she will be required to serve twenty (20) years of each sentence before being eligible for a parole |
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permit. |
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     (4) The preceding subdivisions (a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(3), shall apply to crimes committed |
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on or after July 1, 2013. All persons convicted and sentenced for crimes committed prior to July |
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1, 2013 shall continue to be eligible for a parole permit as provided for at the time of the |
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commission of the particular offense or offenses for which the sentence or sentences were |
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imposed and, if applicable, pursuant to sections 13-8-9 and 13-8-10. |
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     (5) In the case of a prisoner who has been sentenced to a term of life imprisonment for |
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conviction of first or second degree murder committed after July 10, 1989 and prior to June 30, |
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1995, no parole permit may be issued until the prisoner actually shall have served at least fifteen |
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(15) years imprisonment. |
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     (6) In the case of a prisoner who has been sentenced to a term of life imprisonment for |
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conviction of first or second degree murder committed after June 30, 1995 and prior to July 1, |
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2013, no parole permit may be issued until the prisoner actually shall have served at least twenty |
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(20) years imprisonment. |
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     (7) In the case of a prisoner who has been sentenced consecutively to more than one term |
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of life imprisonment for conviction of crimes, other than first and second degree murder, |
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committed after May 7, 1981 and prior to July 1, 1995, no parole permit may be issued until the |
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prisoner actually shall have served at least ten (10) years consecutively on each life sentence. |
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     (8) In the case of a prisoner who has been sentenced consecutively to more than one term |
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of life imprisonment for any crimes occurring after June 30, 1995 and prior to July 1, 2013, no |
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parole permit may be issued until the prisoner actually shall have served at least fifteen (15) years |
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consecutively on each life sentence. |
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     (9) In the case of a prisoner who has been sentenced to a term of life imprisonment and |
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thereafter who is convicted of escape or attempted escape from the lawful custody of the warden |
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of the adult correctional institutions, no parole permit may be issued until the prisoner actually |
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shall have served at least twenty-five (25) years imprisonment; provided, however, that a prisoner |
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who has been sentenced to a term of life imprisonment for conviction of first or second degree |
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murder, committed on or after July 1, 2013, and who is convicted thereafter of escape or |
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attempted escape from the lawful custody of the warden of the adult correctional institutions, no |
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parole permit may be issued until the prisoner actually shall have served at least thirty-five (35) |
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years imprisonment. For each subsequent conviction of escape or attempted escape, an additional |
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five (5) years shall be added to the time required to be served. |
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     (b) The permit shall be issued only by a unanimous vote of all the attending members of |
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the board, with no fewer than four (4) members present. |
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     (c) If, after the issue of the permit the prisoner is pardoned, the control of the board over |
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the prisoner shall cease. |
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     2 This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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     This act would change the parole guidelines for persons who commit first and second |
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degree murder. |
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     This act would take effect upon passage. |
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