Crimes: child abuse and neglect: sentence credits.
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- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
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Overview
This bill, known as Ryla’s Law, changes the sentencing for crimes involving child abuse and neglect. It elevates certain child abuse offenses, such as willful injury to a child or placing a child in a dangerous situation, to serious felonies. Furthermore, the bill restricts inmates convicted of these specific crimes from earning typical sentence credit for work like serving as an inmate firefighter. This aims to ensure that individuals convicted of these serious offenses do not receive reduced sentences for participation in rehabilitative programs.
Key provisions
- Elevates specific child abuse crimes (willful injury, endangering a child) to serious felonies.
- Restricts inmates convicted of child abuse crimes from earning sentence credit for inmate firefighter assignments.
- Expands the definition of ‘serious felony’ to include certain child abuse offenses.
- Prohibits plea bargaining in cases involving serious felony child abuse charges.
- Creates a state-mandated local program due to enhanced sentencing.
- Eliminates the possibility of reimbursement for local agencies and school districts.
- Addresses sentencing for assault with force likely to cause great bodily injury to a child.
- Clarifies the definition of ‘bank robbery’ for sentencing purposes.
Who is affected
- Individuals convicted of child abuse and neglect crimes
- State and county correctional facilities
- Inmates seeking sentence credit
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