HB 1583
Petition for parole eligibility consideration by trial court; require certain waiting period before successive filing of when petition denied.
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Bill overview
An act to amend section 47-7-3, mississippi code of 1972, to revise parole eligibility for offenders convicted of certain drug trafficking; To provide that if an offender whose petition for parole eligibility has been denied by the circuit court, then such offender must wait two years before filing a successive petition; To remove the repealer on this section; And for related purposes.
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