LD 1903
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Page 29 of 30 An Act To Further Implement the Recommendations of the Commission To Improve th... LD 1903 Title Page
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16. It directs the Commission to Improve the Sentencing,
Supervision, Management and Incarceration of Prisoners to
undertake a study to determine the impacts of Maine's sentencing
laws on inmate population and directs the Criminal Law Advisory
Commission to assist the Commission to Improve the Sentencing,
Supervision, Management and Incarceration of Prisoners with a
review of all minimum mandatory sentences and to propose amending
any it finds are no longer necessary. It gives the Commission to
Improve the Sentencing, Supervision, Management and Incarceration
of Prisoners authority to introduce legislation to the First
Regular Session of the 122nd Legislature.

 
17. It directs the Department of Corrections to maximize
early termination of probation under current law, with
appropriate victim notice, and urges judges to give deference to
applications for early termination of probation.

 
18. It appropriates funding to carry out the purposes of this
bill.


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