Clinton Calabrese voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Title: Repeals Mandatory Minimum Terms of Parole Ineligibility for Nonviolent Drug Crimes
Vote to pass a bill that repeals mandatory minimum terms of parole ineligibility for nonviolent drug crimes.
Authorizes the Administrative Director of the Courts to rescind the mandatory minimum period of parole ineligibility for inmates sentenced in accordance with (Sec 1):
Crimes as the leader of a cargo theft network;
Crimes involving theft from a cargo carrier;
Shoplifting;
Computer criminal activity;
Wrongful access, disclosure of information;
Crimes as the leader of narcotics trafficking network;
Maintaining or operating a controlled dangerous substance production facility;
Manufacturing, distributing, or dispensing a controlled dangerous substance or controlled substance;
Employing a juvenile in a drug distribution scheme;
Distribution on or within 1,000 feet of school property;
Distribution to persons under the age of 18; and
The mandatory term for repeat drug offenders.
Authorizes the Administrative Director to resentence an inmate to a fixed minimum term of 50 percent of the sentence of incarceration, instead of the 85 percent fixed minimum term for second-degree robbery or burglary (Sec 1).
Requires 30 days to pass to allow the state to identify affected inmates and to determine whether there is a basis to file an objection in any inmate’s case (Sec 1).
Requires a prosecutor to obtain the approval of the Attorney General, who must notify the Department of Corrections of the inmate and inmate’s attorney, before filing an objection (Sec 1).
Specifies that if an objection is presented and a hearing is held, the court must find evidence that rescinding the term of parole ineligibility would pose a significant risk to public safety in order to deny the retroactive modification of the judgment of conviction (Sec 1).
Specifies that if retroactive modification is denied, the period of parole ineligibility may not exceed the length of the initial period of parole ineligibility (Sec 1).
Title: Repeals Mandatory Minimum Terms of Parole Ineligibility for Nonviolent Drug Crimes