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LR 2718
Item 1

 
7. It reduces for all crimes, except those under the Maine
Revised Statutes, Title 17-A, chapter 11 and Title 17-A, section
854, excluding subsection 1, paragraph A, subparagraph (1) of
that section, the length of time a person may be sentenced to
probation to 4 years for a Class A crime, 3 years for a Class B
crime and 2 years for a Class C crime.

 
8. It grants the sentencing court the authority to deviate
from a mandatory minimum sentence and mandatory minimum fine in
those circumstances when the court determines that the mandatory
fine or sentence would create a substantial injustice and the
deviation would not diminish the gravity of the offense or
adversely affect the public safety. The court must consider
specific factors before deviating from the mandatory minimum.

 
9. It requires a notice of a defendant's release sent to a
victim to include a phone number or address of a publicly
accessible site on the Internet so the victim can learn the
earliest possible date of the expiration of the imprisonment
portion of the defendant's sentence.

 
10. It provides that a person who is entitled to a deduction
from that person's sentence for time spent in detention may be
given additional detention credit for good behavior during the
time spent in detention.

 
11. It increases the amount of good behavior good time that
may be awarded from 2 to 4 days, except for persons convicted of
gross sexual assault or murder.

 
12. It expands the concept of good time earned for work to
include good time earned for education and rehabilitation and
increases the amount that may be awarded from 3 to 5 days for
prisoners in state facilities participating in community
programs.

 
13. It rewards counties that use 50% of their community
corrections program funding on diversion programs by reallocating
funds from counties that do not comply with the requirement to
use 20% of their funds on community corrections programs.

 
14. It directs the Department of Behavioral and Developmental
Services, the Department of Corrections and county sheriffs to
develop a joint plan of action to address mental illness in the
criminal justice community.

 
15. It places a moratorium on any amendments to the Maine
Criminal Code with the exception of changes recommended by the
Commission to Improve Community Safety and Sex Offender
Accountability.


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