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HB 0343 - Criminal procedure; certain outdated terminology; replace

Tracking Level: Monitor
Sponsor: Scott Hilton
Last Action: 7/1/2017 - Effective Date
House Committee: Judiciary Non-Civil
Senate Committee: Judiciary
Assigned To:
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Staff Analysis of the Legislation

HB 343 amends Title 17 of the O.C.G.A by replacing all instances of the outdated term "mental retardation" with "intellectual disability." In addition, if a court finds an individual responsible of a crime whose sentence is the death penalty and is found with an intellectual disability, that person will not be sentenced to the death penalty, but rather life imprisonment.

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