| | | 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. |
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| | | 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. |
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| | | 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. |
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| | | 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. |
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| | | 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. |
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| | | 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. |
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| | | 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. |
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| | | 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. |
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| | | 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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