An Act relating to the criminal and juvenile justice systems; and providing for an effective date.

Updated: June 11, 1999

Intent of this section is to provide an adult justice system that has, as goals to:

• Restore the victim(s) to pre-offense condition.
• Provide the community with restitution for damages and costs.
• Provide for victim-offender reconciliation.
• Provide for offender reclamation and reintroduction into the community.
• Provide for community input for sentencing, sanctions supervision, and reparations.
• Protect the public's safety.
• Provide for swift and consistent consequences for crimes appropriate to the offense.
• Provide for appropriate victim(s) and community participation in the justice process including pre-adjudication agreements, alternative sanctions, trial sentencing, community service and supervision.
• Provide for on-going victim protection and reintegration of the victim into the community.
• Implement changes to public safety, court system, probation and corrections as necessary to facilitate the above.
• Statue change to facilitate the above.