| Crimes With Mandatory Minimum Prison Sentences |
| Classification | Crime (CGS §) | Mandatory Sentence | Maximum Sentence |
| Capital Felony | Capital felony (53a-54b) | Execution or life imprisonment without possibility of release | Same |
| Class A Felonies | Aggravated sexual assault of a minor (53a-70c, 2008 Supp.) | 1st offense: 25 years Subsequent offense: 50 years | 25 years |
| Murder (53a-54a) | 25 years | 60 years | |
| Felony murder (53a-54c) | 25 years | 60 years | |
| Assault of pregnant woman resulting in termination of pregnancy (53a-59c) | 10 years | 25 years | |
| Kidnapping 1st degree (53a-92) | One year (+) | 25 years | |
| Kidnapping 1st degree with a firearm (53a-92a) | One year (+) | 25 years | |
| Employing a minor in an obscene performance (53a-196a) | 10 years | 25 years | |
| Home invasion (PA 08-1, JSS, § 1) | 10 years (+) | 25 years | |
| Class A or B Felonies (Depending on Circumstances) | Sexual assault 1st degree (53a-70) | Two, five, or 10 years depending on the conduct and victim’s age | 20 or 25 years depending on the conduct and victim’s age |
| Aggravated sexual assault 1st degree (53a-70a) | Five, 10, or 20 years depending on the conduct and victim’s age | 20 or 25 years depending on the conduct and victim’s age | |
| Class B Felonies | Injury or risk of injury to a minor (involving contact with intimate parts of a minor under age 13) (53-21)) | Five years | 20 years |
| Manslaughter 1st degree with a firearm (53a-55a) | Five years (+) | 40 years | |
| Assault 1st degree (53a-59) | Five years if causes injury using a deadly weapon (+) 10 years if the victim is under age 10 or a witness (+) | 20 years | |
| Assault 1st degree of elderly, blind, disabled, pregnant, or mentally retarded person (53a-59a) | Five years (+) | 20 years | |
| Enticing a minor (when minor under age 13) (53a-90a) | 1st offense: five years Subsequent offense: 10 years | 20 years | |
| Kidnapping 2nd degree (53a-94) | Three years (+) | 20 years |