Preventable Crime Project
https://preventablecrime.org/policy/blueprints/mandatory-minimum-repeat-violent-offenders
Mandatory Minimum for Repeat Violent Offenders
Sets a mandatory minimum sentence enhancement for a second violent felony conviction.
State
Plain-language explainer
A second violent felony should carry real, predictable consequences instead of judicial discretion that too often trends lenient.
Model bill language
Section 1. A person convicted of a second violent felony offense shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment not less than the statutory maximum for the underlying offense, less any applicable good-time credit.
