Section 47-7-3.2 - Minimum time offenders convicted of crime of violence must serve before release; minimum percentage of other sentences offenders must serve before release(1) Notwithstanding Section 47-5-138, 47-5-139, 47-5-138.1 or 47-5-142, no person convicted of a criminal offense on or after July 1, 2014, shall be released by the department until he or she has served no less than the percentage of the sentence or sentences imposed by the court as set forth below: (a) Twenty-five percent (25%) or ten (10) years, whichever is less, for a nonviolent crime;(b) Fifty percent (50%) or twenty (20) years, whichever is less, for a crime of violence pursuant to Section 97-3-2, except for robbery with a deadly weapon as defined in Section 97-3-79, drive-by shooting as defined in Section 97-3-109, or carjacking as defined in Section 97-3-117;(c) Sixty percent (60%) or twenty-five (25) years, whichever is less, for robbery with a deadly weapon as defined in Section 97-3-79, drive-by shooting as defined in Section 97-3-109, or carjacking as defined in Section 97-3-117.(2) This section shall not apply to: (a) Offenders sentenced to life imprisonment;(b) Offenders convicted as habitual offenders pursuant to Sections 99-19-81 through 99-19-87;(c) Offenders serving a sentence for a sex offense; or(d) Offenders serving a sentence for trafficking pursuant to Section 41-29-139(f).Brought forward by Laws, 2024, ch. 465, SB 2448,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2024.Amended by Laws, 2021, ch. 479, SB 2795,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2021.Added by Laws, 2014, ch. 457, HB 585, 42, eff. 7/1/2014.