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Maine's First "Jessica's Law" Sentence (After Trial)

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From the Bangor Daily News:In the first application at trial of what is known as Maine?s Jessica?s Law, a Rockland man was sentenced to 22 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 4-year-old girl. Micah Boland, 31, was sentenced Thursday in Waldo County Superior Court. Boland had been convicted in a jury-waived trial in February, and Justice Jeffrey Hjelm handed down his sentence after a review of Boland?s background and criminal history. . . . Assistant District Attorney Eric Walker said the sentencing was the first time Jessica?s Law was used in Maine after a trial. Like the federal version of Jessica?s Law, the state sentencing guidelines apply to instances of sexual assault of a person under 12. There have been other sentences given in Maine under the law, but those were the results of plea agreements, Walker said...continue to full post

Full post as published by SexCrimeDefender on August 01, 2008 (boomark / email).

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