2025-2026 General Assembly

S.00908

Prohibits persons convicted of murder or sentenced to life without parole or where the defendant acting either alone or with one or more other persons, commits or attempts to commit robbery, burglary, kidnapping, arson, rape in the first degree, criminal sexual act in the first degree, sexual abuse in the first degree, aggravated sexual abuse, escape in the first degree, or escape in the second degree, and, in the course of and in furtherance of such crime or of immediate flight therefrom, such defendant, or another participant, if there be any, intentionally causes the death of: a police officer; a peace officer; a firefighter; emergency medical technician, ambulance driver, paramedic, physician or registered nurse involved in a first response team, or any other individual who, in the course of official duties, performs emergency response; or an employee of a state correctional institution or was an employee of a local correctional facility, when such person was engaged in the course of performing their official duties, from being eligible for commutation of sentence.

Prohibits commutation of sentence for those convicted of murder or life without parole for certain felonies if they caused the death of emergency.

New York State Senate bill S00908 aims to prohibit commutation of sentence for individuals convicted of murder or sentenced to life without parole for specific felonies if they intentionally caused the death of emergency responders or correctional employees during the commission or flight from the crime. The bill specifies that such individuals are ineligible for commutation, pardon, parole, or conditional release. It also mandates life imprisonment without parole for certain felonies, including murder, terrorism, and possession or use of chemical or biological weapons.

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S.00908

Prohibits commutation of sentence for those convicted of murder or life without parole for certain felonies if they caused the death of emergency.

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