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2012 SESSION
HB 436 Juveniles; certain persons imprisoned for life eligible for parole.
Introduced by: Robert Tata | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Certain juveniles imprisoned for life eligible for parole. Provides that any person sentenced to a term of life imprisonment upon conviction of a felony offense, other than an offense set forth in Article 1 (§ 18.2-30 et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2 (homicide offenses), who was a juvenile at the time of the commission of the offense is eligible for parole. This bill is in response to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Graham v. Florida, 560 U.S. 130 S. Ct. 2011, 2034 (2010), in which the Court held that, pursuant to the 8th Amendment prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment, "[t]he Constitution prohibits the imposition of a life without parole sentence on a juvenile offender who did not commit homicide."
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HISTORY
- 01/10/12 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12100033D
- 01/10/12 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/13/12 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 01/18/12 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
- 02/14/12 House: Left in Courts of Justice