What is a class x felony and what is the punsihment

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What is a class x felony and what is the punsihment

Answer 1

Class X makes several significant changes in the criminal justice system, the most prominent of which is the creation of a new category of felony offenses. Such crimes as kidnapping, rape and sexual assault, armed robbery or armed violence, treason, and manufacture or sale of narcotics have been designated Class X felonies (murder retains a separate felony designation), and the prison sentences for these offenses have been significantly increased.

But the most significant change is the abolition of both indeterminate sentencing and parole. felons will usually be sentenced to a specific number of years in prison, and they will serve the entire term less only specifically calculated time for good behavior.

In addition. Class X doubles the normal prison sentence for repeat offenders (those twice convicted of the same Class X felony) and for "heinous" offenders (those whose crime is "accompanied by exceptionally brutal or heinous behavior indicative of wanton cruelty"). Habitual criminals (those convicted of three Class X felonies) receive mandatory life sentences.