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officer by the person on supervised release and the attorney for | the State. A termination and discharge relieves the person on | supervised release of any obligations imposed by the sentence of | supervised release. |
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| | 5. Any justice, in order to comply with section 1256, | subsection 8, may terminate a period of supervised release that | would delay commencement of a consecutive unsuspended term of | imprisonment. Any judge may also do so if that judge has | jurisdiction over each of the sentences involved. |
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| | 6. The court may revoke a period of supervised release | pursuant to section 1233. If the court revokes a period of | supervised release, the court may shall require the person to | serve time in prison under the custody of the Department of | Corrections. This time in prison may equal all or part of the | period of supervised release, without credit for time served on | post-release supervision, but may not exceed 1/3 of the straight | term of imprisonment imposed. The remaining portion of the | period of supervised release that is not required to be served in | prison remains in effect to be served after the person's release | and is subject to revocation at a later date. |
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| | Sec. 3. 17-A MRSA §1252, sub-§4-D, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 711, Pt. | B, §20, is repealed and the following enacted in its place: |
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| | 4-D.__If the State pleads and proves that a crime under | section 282 was committed against a person who had not attained | 12 years of age, the court, in exercising its sentencing | discretion, shall give the age of the victim serious | consideration. |
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| | Sec. 4. 17-A MRSA §1252, sub-§4-E is enacted to read: |
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| | 4-E. If the State pleads and proves that a crime under section | 253 was committed against a person who had not yet attained 12 years of | age, the court, notwithstanding subsection 2, shall impose a definite | term of imprisonment for any term of years.__In determining the basic | term of imprisonment as the first step in the sentencing process, the | court shall select a term of at least 20 years. |
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