Crimes and Sentencing of 10-20-Life Felons

Crime Type
20-Year Mandatory Minimum Sentence

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

• Of the 3,887 felons currently in the Department’s custody with a 10-20-Life sentence, 248 (6.4%) received 20 years as their longest mandatory minimum term.
  
  
• Robbery accounts for 75 (30.2%) of the 248 whose longest mandatory sentence is 20 years.
  
  
• Other violent crime (aggravated assault, aggravated battery, carjacking, etc.) accounts for 67 (27.0%) of the 248 whose longest mandatory sentence is 20 years.
  
  
• Murder or manslaughter accounts for 93 (37.5%) of the felons whose longest mandatory sentence is 20 years. This category includes crimes of attempt, accessory, and conspiracy to commit the crime of murder.
  
  
• Burglary accounts for 9 (3.6%), of the 248 whose longest mandatory sentence is 20 years.