Title: Amends Juvenile Offender Sentencing
Signed by Governor Kate Brown
Title: Amends Juvenile Offender Sentencing
Vote to pass a bill that amends juvenile justice criminal sentencing.
Prohibits an individual under the age of 18 who has been convicted of aggravated murder, to death or life imprisonment without the possibility of release or parole (Sec. 5).
Requires a judgement document in criminal action to indicate the age of the defendant at the time of commitment of the offense, if the court sentences the defendant to incarceration (Sec. 1).
Specifies these rules for determining the defendant’s age at the time of commitment of a multiple offenses (Sec. 1):
If the defendant is convicted of 2 or more offences occurring on different days, the defendant’s age will be calculated using the earliest date; and
If the defendant is convicted of an offense occurring within a range of dates, the defendant's age will be calculated using the date at the begging of the range.
Requires the court to consider the following, but not limited to, circumstances when determining the appropriate sentence for a person under 18 years old at the time of committing an offense (Sec. 24):
The individual’s age, intellectual capacity, and impetuousness at the time of the offense;
The individual’s family and community environment, history of trauma and prior involvement in the juvenile dependency system at the time of the offense;
The individual’s ability at the time of the offense to appreciate the risks and consequences of the conduct constituting the offense;
The individual’s community involvement prior to the offense;
Any peer or familiar pressure to which the person was subjected to at the time of the offense;
Whether and to what extent an adult was involved in the commission of the offense;
The individual's capacity for rehabilitation; and
The individual’s school records and special education evaluations.
Authorizes a person convicted of an offense committed when they were under 18 years old serving a sentence of imprisonment, to be eligible for release on parole or post-prison supervision, after the person has served 15 years of imprisonment (Sec. 25).
Title: Amends Juvenile Offender Sentencing
Vote to pass a bill that amends juvenile justice criminal sentencing.
Prohibits an individual under the age of 18 who has been convicted of aggravated murder, to death or life imprisonment without the possibility of release or parole (Sec. 5).
Requires a judgement document in criminal action to indicate the age of the defendant at the time of commitment of the offense, if the court sentences the defendant to incarceration (Sec. 1).
Specifies these rules for determining the defendant’s age at the time of commitment of a multiple offenses (Sec. 1):
If the defendant is convicted of 2 or more offences occurring on different days, the defendant’s age will be calculated using the earliest date; and
If the defendant is convicted of an offense occurring within a range of dates, the defendant's age will be calculated using the date at the begging of the range.
Requires the court to consider the following, but not limited to, circumstances when determining the appropriate sentence for a person under 18 years old at the time of committing an offense (Sec. 24):
The individual’s age, intellectual capacity, and impetuousness at the time of the offense;
The individual’s family and community environment, history of trauma and prior involvement in the juvenile dependency system at the time of the offense;
The individual’s ability at the time of the offense to appreciate the risks and consequences of the conduct constituting the offense;
The individual’s community involvement prior to the offense;
Any peer or familiar pressure to which the person was subjected to at the time of the offense;
Whether and to what extent an adult was involved in the commission of the offense;
The individual's capacity for rehabilitation; and
The individual’s school records and special education evaluations.
Authorizes a person convicted of an offense committed when they were under 18 years old serving a sentence of imprisonment, to be eligible for release on parole or post-prison supervision, after the person has served 15 years of imprisonment (Sec. 25).
Title: Amends Juvenile Offender Sentencing