A bill to amend 1927 PA 175, entitled “The code of criminal procedure,” by amending sections 1 and 1b of chapter IX (MCL 769.1 and 769.1b), section 1 as amended by 1999 PA 87 and section 1b as amended by 1998 PA 520; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
Taken together, Senate Bills 119-123 would prohibit a court from sentencing an individual who was less than 19 years old when a crime was committed to imprisonment for life without parole eligibility. The bills would modify numerous penalties prescribed in the Corrections Code, the Probate Code, the Penal Code, and the Public Health Code to reflect this prohibition. In addition, the bills would make eligible for parole an individual who was less than 19 years old when a crime was committed for which the individual was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole eligibility and who had served 10 years of the sentence.
Co-sponsored by Sens.
Referred to the Committee on Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety
