Code of Alabama - Title 12: Courts - Chapter 25 - Alabama Sentencing Commission

• Article 1 General Provisions.
• Section 12-25-1 Created
  There is created within the judicial branch as an agency of the Supreme Court the Alabama Sentencing Commission, hereinafter called the "commission."
• Section 12-25-2 Purpose
  (a) The purposes of the commission shall be to review existing sentence structure, including laws, policies, and practices, and to determine and recommend to the...
• Section 12-25-3 Membership
  (a) The commission shall consist of the following voting members: (1) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, or at his or her designation, a...
• Section 12-25-4 Advisory council
  (a) An advisory council to the commission shall be established to advise and consult the commission on sentencing matters. The advisory council shall be composed...
• Section 12-25-5 Compensation and expenses
  (a) Members of the commission and advisory council shall serve without compensation. (b) Members of the commission and advisory council are entitled to reimbursement for...
• Section 12-25-6 Meetings
  (a) The commission shall meet quarterly at the State Capitol or at other places as is deemed necessary or convenient and at other times upon...
• Section 12-25-7 Executive committee
  The executive committee of the commission shall be composed of the chair and four other members selected by the commission and shall conduct business as...
• Section 12-25-8 Powers
  The commission shall have the power to perform the functions as necessary to carry out the purposes of this article and may delegate power to...
• Section 12-25-9 Duties
  The commission shall have the following responsibilities: (1) To review state sentencing structure, including laws, policies, and practices, and recommend changes to the criminal code,...
• Section 12-25-10 Comprehensive discretionary sentencing plan
  Before or during the 2003 Regular Legislative Session, the commission shall review the present sentencing structure, including laws, policies, and practices, and recommend for consideration...
• Section 12-25-11 Cooperation with commission
  Agencies of the state government shall cooperate with the commission as necessary for the commission to carry out its responsibilities. Upon the request of the...
• Section 12-25-12 Director; employees
  (a) The Chief Justice shall appoint a director for the commission. The Chief Justice may also authorize other employee positions for the commission. The director...
• Article 2 Alabama Sentencing Reform Act of 2003.
• Section 12-25-30 Short title
  This article shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Sentencing Reform Act of 2003.
• Section 12-25-31 Statement of purpose
  (a) It is essential that Alabama manage its criminal justice system in the manner best able to protect public safety and make the most effective...
• Section 12-25-31.1 Legislative findings
  (a) The Legislature finds the Alabama Sentencing Commission has followed the directives of the Legislature in this article, to develop and recommend to the Legislature...
• Section 12-25-32 Definitions
  For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) COMMISSION. The Alabama Sentencing Commission, established as a state agency under...
• Section 12-25-33 Powers and duties of commission
  To achieve the goals recognized by the Legislature in Chapter 25 and Section 12-25-31, the commission shall: (1) Develop, maintain, and modify as necessary a...
• Section 12-25-34 Development and adoption of the voluntary sentencing standards
  (a) Statewide voluntary sentencing standards shall be developed and presented to the Legislature in stages over a three-year period as follows: (1) By July 31,...
• Section 12-25-34.1 Approval of the initial voluntary sentencing standards
  The initial voluntary sentencing standards and the accompanying worksheets and instructions, as adopted by the Sentencing Commission on September 30, 2005, and filed with the...
• Section 12-25-34.2 Presumptive sentencing standards
  (a) For the purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) AGGRAVATING FACTORS. Substantial and compelling reasons justifying an exceptional...
• Section 12-25-35 Use of voluntary sentencing standards
  (a) In felony cases, a probation officer, the district attorney, or some other person appointed at the discretion of the sentencing judge, and within the...
• Section 12-25-36 Sentencing under the voluntary truth-in-sentencing standards
  This section and Sections 12-25-37 and 12-25-38 shall apply only after development and legislative approval of the proposed truth-in-sentencing standards submitted in 2020. When a...
• Section 12-25-37 Post-release supervision
  (a) An offender sentenced based on the voluntary truth-in-sentencing standards is released from incarceration to post-release supervision on the date equivalent to the expiration of...
• Section 12-25-38 Revocation of post-release supervision status
  (a) Offenders who fail to comply with the conditions of post-release supervision as specified by the Board of Pardons and Paroles may have their release...

Last modified: May 3, 2021