34 U.S.C. § 12103 — Violent offender incarceration grants
submitted 30 years ago by Pub. L. 103-322 to r/title-34-CRIME-CONTROL-AND-LAW-ENFORCEMENT · 320 words · no verdicts yet
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To be eligible to receive a minimum grant under this section, a State* shall submit an application to the Attorney General that provides assurances that the State has implemented, or will implement, correctional policies and programs, including truth-in-sentencing laws that ensure that violent offenders serve a substantial portion of the sentences imposed, that are designed to provide sufficiently severe punishment for violent offenders, including violent juvenile offenders, and that the prison time served is appropriately related to the determination that the inmate is a violent offender and for a period of time deemed necessary to protect the public.
A State that received a grant under subsection (a) is eligible to receive additional grant amounts if such State demonstrates that the State has, since 1993—
increased the percentage of persons arrested for a part 1 violent crime* sentenced to prison; or
increased the average prison time actually served or the average percent of sentence served by persons convicted of a part 1 violent crime.
Receipt of grant amounts under this subsection does not preclude eligibility for a grant under subsection (c).
A State that received a grant under subsection (a) is eligible to receive additional grant amounts if such State demonstrates that the State has—
since 1993, increased the percentage of persons arrested for a part 1 violent crime sentenced to prison, and has increased the average percent of sentence served by persons convicted of a part 1 violent crime; or
has increased by 10 percent or more over the most recent 3-year period the number of new court commitments to prison of persons convicted of part 1 violent crimes.
Receipt of grant amounts under this subsection does not preclude eligibility for a grant under subsection (b).
Source credit: (Pub. L. 103–322, title II, § 20103, as added Pub. L. 104–134, title I, § 101[(a)] [title I, § 114(a)], Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321, 1321–16; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 104–140, § 1(a), May 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327.)
- 1996Enacted · Pub. L. 103-322 · 110 Stat. 1321, 1321
- 1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-140 · 110 Stat. 1327
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 103-322 on 1996-04-26.
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