2. Minimum time offenders convicted of crime of violence must serve before release; minimum percentage of other sentences offenders must serve before release.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-3.2
in effectNotwithstanding Sections 47-5-138, 47-5-139, 47-5-138.1 or 47-5-142, no person convictedof a criminal offense on or after July 1, 2014, shall be releasedby the department until he or she has served no less than fifty percent(50%) of a sentence for a crime of violence pursuant to Section 97-3-2 or twenty-fivepercent (25%) of any other sentence imposed by the court. This sectionshall not apply to: Offenders sentencedto life imprisonment; Offenders convictedas habitual offenders pursuant to Sections 99-19-81 through 99-19-87; Offenders servinga sentence for a sex offense; or Offenders servinga sentence for trafficking pursuant to Section 41-29-139(f).
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