Sentencing - As enacted, requires a sentencing court to order the sentences for two or more offenses involving more than one minor victim to run consecutively unless the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the facts of the case do not warrant the imposition of consecutive sentences and the imposition of consecutive sentences would not be in the best interest of justice. - Amends TCA Title 40.

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The bill mandates that when a defendant is convicted of two or more crimes involving more than one minor victim, the judge must order the sentences to run consecutively. The judge may deviate only if, by a preponderance of the evidence, the case facts do not justify consecutive terms and doing so would not serve justice. It applies to offenses committed on or after July 1, 2026.

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