Sec. 25. 17-A MRSA §1202, sub-§2-A is enacted to read:

2-A.__On application of the probation officer, or of the person on probation, or on the court's own motion, the court may convert a period of probation for a Class D or Class E crime to a period of administrative release. A conversion to administrative release may not be ordered upon the motion of the person on probation unless notice of the motion is given to the probation officer by the person on probation.__The provisions of chapter 54-G apply when probation is converted to administrative release.__ Conversion to administrative release serves to relieve the person on probation of any obligations imposed by the probation conditions.

Sec. 26. 17-A MRSA §1252, sub-§9 is enacted to read:

9.__Whenever a mandatory minimum fine or period of imprisonment is required by law, the mandatory minimum sentence may be suspended if imposition of the mandatory minimum sentence would create substantial injustice and if the deviation from the mandatory minimum sentence neither diminishes the gravity of the offense nor adversely affects the safety of the public and would not frustrate the general purposes of sentencing set forth in section 1151.__In deviating from the mandatory minimum sentence, the court shall consider all relevant factors, including:

A.__The nature of the criminal act;

B. The defendant's prior record;

C.__The recommendations of the victim or the victim's family and the prosecuting attorney;

D.__The defendant's prospects for rehabilitation, credible demonstration of remorse and comprehension of the consequences of the defendant's actions; and

E.__The age, background and physical and mental condition of the defendant, the defendant's family circumstances, and whether the criminal act was an isolated aberration in the life of the defendant.

Sec. 27. 17-A MRSA §1253, sub-§2, ķA is enacted to read:

A.__For any person who commits a crime on or after August 1, 2004, is subsequently sentenced to a term of imprisonment for that crime and is entitled to receive a day-for-day