HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2815        FILED ON: 1/20/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2302

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to parole hearings for previous juvenile life sentences.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

1/20/2017

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

3/14/2018

Paul K. Frost

7th Worcester

3/14/2018

Todd M. Smola

1st Hampden

2/3/2017

F. Jay Barrows

1st Bristol

3/14/2018

Sheila C. Harrington

1st Middlesex

3/14/2018

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

3/14/2018

Nicholas A. Boldyga

3rd Hampden

3/14/2018

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

3/14/2018


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2815        FILED ON: 1/20/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2302

By Mr. Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2302) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others relative to parole hearings for certain individuals serving juvenile life sentences.  The Judiciary.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act relative to parole hearings for previous juvenile life sentences.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Section 133a of Chapter 127 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the first paragraph the following:-

Notwithstanding any special or general law to the contrary, any person who is found guilty of murder in the first degree who committed the offense on or after the person's fourteenth birthday and before the person's eighteenth birthday who is eligible for parole after the term of years fixed by the court pursuant to section 24 of chapter 279, shall not receive an additional parole hearing if the board determines they are ineligible for parole.