Maine Legislature hears Positive Reentry Parole Bill AUDIO MP3S

March 22, 2013, the Maine Legislature's Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee heard testimony on  LD 873 An Act To Establish Positive Reentry Parole & on  LD644 An Act To Increase the Penalties for Crimes Involving Illegal or Prescription Drugs 

LD 873 An Act To Establish Positive Reentry Parole

Introduction_1min 36sec Sponsor 1 Senator Tuttle 4min 37sec. Sponsor 1 Sen Tuttle_Q&A 4min Sponsor 2 Rep Andrea Boland 2min 30sec 2

SUPPORTERS OF LD 873 Kay Page MPAC 3min 17sec July Garvey MPAC 4min 46sec Sharill Saunders MPAC 3min 35sec Ed Scott ex-prisoner_5min 13sec Susan Murphy Episcopal Priest 4min 54sec 

OPPOSED TO LD873
Jody Breton, Dept Corrections 3min 58sec Denise Marr 5min 40sec Diane Gagnon, 3min 3sec 
Rhonda Walters 4min
Mary Farrar 2min 25sec
Cathy McDaniel 4min 22sec
"Vicky" 1min 25sec
Debra Cunningham 3min 37sec
Julia Colpitz 5min 52sec
Robert Thompson 2min
Arthur Geddy 4min 12sec
Jeffrey Rushlau DA 4min
Lloyd Cherry 1min 22sec
Elizabeth Ward Saxl 3min 10sec
Gale Walters 2min
John Pelletier 3min 34 sec to close of meeting

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LD644 An Act To Increase the Penalties for Crimes Involving Illegal or Prescription Drugs  (meeting in progress)
Supporter
Jeffrey Rushlau Dist Attorney 8minutes 2seconds

Opponent
July Garvey MPAC 2min 25sec
ACLU-Maine 3 minutes

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