Amendment ID: S2265-51-R1

Redraft Amendment 51

Substantial mitigating circumstances justifying an exemption from restrictions on eligibility for probation, etc. for persons convicted of attempted assault and battery

Mr. Barrett moves to amend the bill in section 78 by inserting, in line 1144, after the word “institution” the following:- “; provided, further, that said restrictions on eligibility for probation, parole, work release, furlough or the deduction from a person’s sentence for good behavior shall not apply if there are found to be substantial mitigating circumstances, including but not limited to the sexual trafficking by the victim of the person convicted of a violation of subsection (a) or the prior commission of domestic violence, rape, sexual assault or stalking by the victim against the person convicted of a violation of subsection (a)”