Second Look Laws by State - The Sentencing Project

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1		For more details on second look laws, read the report - The Second Look Law Movement: A Review of the Nation's Sentence Review Laws
2	State	Category	Target Population	Statute	Date Enacted	Age - at time of offense	Age - at time of request	Retroactive?	Length of Time Served to Meet Criteria	Exclusions

3	California	Mem	Members of the Military / Veterans	CA PENAL § 1170.91	1/1/2015	Any	Any	Yes	None	Applies to persons who was a member of the U.S. military who may be suffering from sexual trauma, traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disordeer, substance abuse, or mental health problems as a result of military service.
4	California	Judicial Modification - as recommended by Secretary of Department of Corrections / District Attorney / Attorney General, or Judge if change in the law	All	CA PENAL § 1172.1	1/1/2022	Any	Any	Yes	None
5	Colorado	Judicial Modification	Habitual Offender Sentences	Colo. Rev. Stat. Ann 18-1.3-801	7/1/2023	Any	Any	No, applies only to offenses that occur on or after 7/1/2023	10 years	None
6	Connecticut	Judicial Modification	All	CT ST 53a-39	10/1/2021	Any	Any	Yes	None	Applies to any sentence if convicted after a trial; applies to sentences of 7-years or more if a guilty plea.
7	D.C.	Judicial Modification	Emerging Adults & Juveniles	DC ST § 24-403.03	4/27/2021	Under 25	Any	Yes	15 years	None
8	D.C.	Judicial Modification	Elders / Compassionate Release	DC ST § 24–403.04	4/27/2021	None	60	Yes	20 years	Multiple - see 1170.126(e)
9	Delaware	Judicial Modification	Juveniles	11 Del.C. § 4204A	6/4/2013	Under 18	Any	Yes	30 years (for First-Degree Murder); 20 years for all other offenses	None
10	Florida	Judicial Modification	Juveniles	F.S.A. §921.1402	7/1/2014	Under 18	Any	No, applies only to convictions that occur on or after 7/1/2014	Served at least 25 years for certain homicide; 15 years for others	Certain prior convictions
11	Georgia	Judicial Modification	Domenstic violence survivors	Ga. Code Ann. §§ 17-10-22 and 17-10-1(f)	5/1/2025	Any	Any	Yes; prospectively, a a qualified individual sentenced after July 1, 2025 must file motion within one year of date of the sentence imposed or within 120 days after sentencing court receives remittitur affirming judgment, whichever is later)	None	None
12	Illinois	Judicial Modification	Domestic Violence & Post Partum Survivors	IL ST CH 735 § 5/2-1401	1/1/2016	None	Any	Yes	None	Must be convicted of a forcible felony directly related to him/her previously having been a victim of domestic violence or suffering from post partum depression or psychosis
13	Maryland	Judicial Modification	Juveniles	Md. Crim. Proc. § 8-110	10/1/2021	Under 18	Any	Retroactive only. Not prospective.	20 years	None
14	Maryland	Judicial Modification	Emerging Adults & Juveniles	Md. Crim. Proc. § 8-110	4/1/2025	Under 25	Any	Yes. For emerging adults (individuals 18-24), the law is also prospective.	20 years	Those emerging adults convicted of certain sex crimes, of a murder of a first responder, and those convicted of LWOP are excluded
15	New Jersey	Judicial Modfication	Juveniles	Comer v. State, 249 N.J. 359 (2022)	1/10/2022	Under 18	Any	Yes	20 years	None
16	New York	Judicial Modification	Domestic Violence Survivors	NY CRIM PRO § 440.47	8/12/2019	None	Any	Yes	None	Must be sentenced to 8 years or more. Does not apply to convictions for: aggravated murder, 1st Degree murder, second degree murder of a person under 14 resulting from rape or sexual offense or any offense that would require the person to register as a sex offender.
17	North Dakota	Judicial Modification	Juveniles	NDCC 12.1-32-13.1	8/1/2017	Under 18	Any	Applies only to final convictions that occur after 8/1/2017. Not retroactive.	20 years	None
18	Oklahoma	Judicial Modification	Domestic Violence Survivors	Section 1381 of Title 22 SB1835 ENR.PDF (state.ok.us)		None	Any	Yes
19	Oregon	Judicial Modification	Juveniles	OR ST § 420A.203	1/1/2020 (latest revision)	Under 18	Any	Applies to offenses that occur on or after 6/30/1995.	Served 1/2 of sentence or turned 24 1/2 years old	Sentenced to less than 24 months or persons convicted of aggravated murder. If convicted of aggravated murder, a 2019 law allows for second look hearings prospectively only (applies to convictions that occur on or after 1/2/2020).
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