Crimes and Sentencing of 10-20-Life Felons

Crime Type
10-Year Mandatory Minimum Sentence

The 10-20-Life law provides a 10-year mandatory minimum prison sentence for those who pull a gun while committing a crime.

• Of the 3,887 felons currently in the Department’s custody with a 10-20-Life sentence, 1,909 (49.1%) received 10 years as their longest mandatory minimum term.
  
  
• Robbery accounts for 1,170 (61.3%) of the 1,909 whose longest mandatory sentence is 10 years.
  
  
• Other violent crime (aggravated assault, aggravated battery, carjacking, etc.) accounts for 264 (13.8%) of the 1,909 whose longest mandatory sentence is 10 years.
  
  
• Burglary accounts for 268 (14.0%) of the 1,909 whose longest mandatory sentence is 10 years.
  
  
• Murder or manslaughter accounts for 142 (7.4%) of the felons whose longest mandatory sentence is 10 years. This category includes crimes of attempt, accessory, and conspiracy to commit the crime of murder.
  
  
• Sexual or lewd behavior accounts for 17 (0.9%) of the 10-year mandatory felons.