SB 11: "An Act relating to good time credits for prisoners serving sentences of imprisonment for certain murders, attempted murders, or conspiracies to commit murder."
00SENATE BILL NO. 11 01 "An Act relating to good time credits for prisoners serving sentences of 02 imprisonment for certain murders, attempted murders, or conspiracies to commit 03 murder." 04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 05 * Section 1. AS 12.55.125(f) is amended to read: 06 (f) If a defendant is sentenced under (a) or (b) of this section, 07 (1) imprisonment for the prescribed minimum or mandatory term may 08 not be suspended under AS 12.55.080; 09 (2) imposition of sentence may not be suspended under AS 12.55.085; 10 (3) imprisonment for the prescribed minimum or mandatory term may 11 not be reduced, except as provided in (j) of this section or AS 33.20.010 . 12 * Sec. 2. AS 12.55.125(g) is amended to read: 13 (g) If a defendant is sentenced under (c), (d)(1), (d)(2), (e)(1), (e)(2), (e)(4), 14 or (i) of this section, except to the extent permitted under AS 12.55.155 - 12.55.175,
01 (1) imprisonment may not be suspended under AS 12.55.080; 02 (2) imposition of sentence may not be suspended under AS 12.55.085; 03 (3) terms of imprisonment may not be otherwise reduced , except as 04 provided in AS 33.20.010 . 05 * Sec. 3. AS 33.20.010(a) is repealed and reenacted to read: 06 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a prisoner convicted of an 07 offense against the state or a political subdivision of the state who follows the rules 08 of the correctional facility in which the prisoner is confined is entitled to a deduction 09 of one-third of the term of imprisonment rounded off to the nearest day if the prisoner 10 (1) was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of at least three days; 11 (2) was not sentenced to a mandatory 99-year term of imprisonment 12 under AS 12.55.125(a) after June 27, 1996, or a definite term under AS 12.55.125(l); 13 and 14 (3) was not convicted after the effective date of this Act of murder in 15 the first or second degree, attempted murder in the first degree, or conspiracy to 16 commit murder in the first degree. 17 * Sec. 4. AS 33.20.010 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 18 (c) A prisoner convicted after the effective date of this Act of murder in the 19 first or second degree, attempted murder in the first degree, or conspiracy to commit 20 murder in the first degree who is not sentenced to a mandatory 99-year term of 21 imprisonment under AS 12.55.125(a) or a definite term of imprisonment under 22 AS 12.55.125(l) is entitled to a deduction of the term of imprisonment equal to one- 23 half of the deduction provided to other prisoners under (a) of this section rounded off to the 24 nearest day if the prisoner follows the rules of the correctional facility in which the prisoner 25 is confined.