Clarifies that only persons eighteen years of age and older may be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.

New York Assembly Bill A02654 amends the penal law to clarify that only individuals who were eighteen years of age or older at the time of committing a crime may be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. This applies to convictions for crimes such as murder in the first degree, terrorism involving a class A-I felony, and possession of a chemical or biological weapon in the first degree. The bill specifies that defendants under eighteen at the time of the crime are not eligible for life imprisonment without parole and must instead receive an indeterminate sentence.

Clarifies that only persons eighteen years of age and older may be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.

New York Assembly Bill A02654 amends the penal law to clarify that only individuals who were eighteen years of age or older at the time of committing a crime may be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. This applies to convictions for crimes such as murder in the first degree, terrorism involving a class A-I felony, and possession of a chemical or biological weapon in the first degree. The bill specifies that defendants under eighteen at the time of the crime are not eligible for life imprisonment without parole and must instead receive an indeterminate sentence.