Sentencing in the Criminal Justice System Interim Study
Committee. Currently, a court is required to sentence certain sex offenders to an indeterminate sentence that is a maximum of the sex offender's life. The bill allows the court to choose either the indeterminate sentence or a determinate sentence in those cases. The bill addresses the factors related to punishment and treatment that a court must consider when deciding between an indeterminate or a determinate sentence. The court must specify its reasons on the record for choosing either a determinate or an indeterminate sentence.

Year

2018

Current status

  • Senate Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely (02/12/2018
  • Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary (01/10/2018)

Sponsors

K. Lundberg

Bill number

SB18-017

Position

Support