HB 1518
Persons wrongfully sentenced; allow compensation for in same manner as persons wrongfully convicted.
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Bill overview
An act to create new sections 11-44-4 and 11-44-8, mississippi code of 1972, to provide that a person wrongfully sentenced beyond the maximum sentence authorized by law for a felony shall be compensated IN the same manner as a person who was wrongfully convicted of a felony; To amend sections 11-44-1, 11-44-5, 11-44-7 and 11-44-9, mississippi code of 1972, to conform to the provisions of this act; To bring forward sections 11-44-3, 11-44-11, 11-44-13 and 11-44-15, mississippi code of 1972, for the purpose of possible amendment; And for related purposes.
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