{"id":180399,"date":"2025-04-10T13:01:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T13:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/alabama\/second-chance-act-moves-toward-final-vote-to-become-law\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T13:01:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T13:01:03","slug":"second-chance-act-moves-toward-final-vote-to-become-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=180399","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Second Chance Act&#8221; moves toward final vote to become law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A bill that would give men sentenced to life without a parole a second chance at freedom is now just one vote away from becoming law.<\/p>\n<p>SB156 by Sen. Will Barfoot, R-Pike Road, creates a process for judicial review for imprisoned men who were sentenced under the outdated \u201cHabitual Felony Offender Act.\u201d The bill commonly known as the \u201cSecond Chance Act\u201d originated from Rep. Chris England, D-Tuscaloosa, several years ago and Gov. Kay Ivey made the bill part of her platform at this year\u2019s \u201cState of the State\u201d address.<\/p>\n<p>The bill would allow an incarcerated individual sentenced under the HFOA before May 26, 2000 to file a motion for a judge to review and consider reducing his sentence. The bill carves out caveats: no individual is eligible for this review if they were convicted of murder, attempted murder, a sex offense or a crime that caused physical injury to another individual.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An amendment added to the bill by the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday gives the attorney general a chance to review all motions made under the act, as well as an opportunity to be heard on the motion. The bill already provides that the district attorney and victims be heard. The amendment also requires the judge to give \u201cconsiderable weight\u201d to any \u201cobjection or support for resentencing\u201d by the district attorney, and to whether a firearm was used in the commission of the crime. The bill already required the judge to give considerable weight to the testimony of any victims of the crime.<\/p>\n<p>The amendment also added reporting requirements to compile data on the act with the Alabama Sentencing Commission.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Matt Simpson, R-Daphne, voiced his opposition to the bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fundamental argument of \u2018we just want to give people a second chance,&#8217;\u201d Simpson said. \u201cI firmly disagree that someone who has three prior felonies, one of those being a Class A Felony, and then gets out and commits another one of those offenses that I\u2019ve named to you, deserves more of a chance to continuously come to court and continuously drag the victims through the process \u2026 The Alabama Legislature really wants arsonists, robbers, burglars, kidnappers, traffickers and manufacturers to have another shot at getting out of prison.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"zox-post-ad-wrap\"><span class=\"zox-ad-label\">Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The bill now moves other the full House for consideration. A version of this bill has passed on the House floor before, making it three-fourths of the way through the Legislature before failing to come before the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, however, this bill fell just short of the votes needed to overcome a procedural hurdle in the House, ending the bill\u2019s chances. The main difference between this bill and that one is Ivey\u2019s backing.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bill that would give men sentenced to life without a parole a second chance at freedom is now just one vote away from becoming law. SB156 by Sen. 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