SENATE, No. 790

By Mr. Baddour (by request), a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 790) of James Thivierge for legislation relative to sentencing. The Judiciary.
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.


AN ACT relative to sentencing

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1.  To amend appropriate Massachusetts General Law to allow the judges the latitude to sentence certain citizens convicted of crimes, limited to chronic repeat offenders only, where the punishment applies (e.g white collar, applicable crimes and misdemeanors) with time in the military anywhere from the two to thirty years specifically the Army and Marine infantry and, if not applicable, the state national guard in lieu of community service and institutionalization in state correction facilities.