This gives offenders the chance to give back to the community and pay for their crime by doing something beneficial for society. No matter how a person spends his or her community service time, the service is done under the supervision of a probation officer, and all of the hours must be recorded.
Offenders must be able to prove to the court that they have completed the total specified number of hours. The total number of hours of community service that a person can be ordered to perform varies from state to state and also depends on the conditions of the arrest. Common conditions include:. Defendants who are placed on probation can be subject to visits from probation officers either at their home or workplace on any day, they may also have to submit to random searches and drug tests.
A defendant will be required to report to their probation officer on a regular basis, the frequency of which can vary.
A defendant can be sentenced to probation alongside other sentences such as fines, community service and suspended jail sentences. They may also have to serve a period of probation upon release from prison or jail. Defendants who violate any conditions of their probation are subject to having their probation revoked and re-sentenced to jail time.
Alternative sentences for DUI offenders are sentences which are given to drunk drivers that would otherwise have received a jail term. Due to overcrowded non-rehabilitative prisons and jails, these sentences may be deemed more beneficial to convicted drunk drivers who may have underlying alcohol or drug problems.
Alternative sentences are typically given to drunk drivers as part of their probation conditions. Sober living environments: This is whereby defendants spend time in a sober living facility. Instead of spending time in jail, time spent in a sober living facility will be credited towards any jail sentence imposed. Time spent in sober living environments can also be credited towards fines. This gives defendants with alcohol or drug problems incentives to stay in a sober living facility and address their alcohol or drug problem by partaking in therapy and 12 step programs.
Alcohol and drug rehabilitation: Incarceration does not offer much in the way of rehabilitation for DUI offenders and merely jailing drivers who have alcohol or drug problems is an ineffective method to reduce recidivism. Burnette, age 57, pleaded guilty in November to two of four indictments against him and he remains lodged in the Tri-County Jail prior to his pending processing into the prison system. Burnette had been indicted in October by a Champaign County grand jury on two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide and two counts of operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse or a combination of them.
The crash that killed Rutan took place on September 16 at p. The driver of the car in the parking lot, Rutan, died at the scene. Burnette was not injured in the crash and he was found to be under the influence of alcohol, three times above the legal limit. Rutan was a graduate of Mechanicsburg High School. He was employed for over 20 years with Mechanicsburg Schools. Rutan was a longtime member of Mechanicsburg Lodge F. He is survived by his wife and family members. He was an avid outdoorsman and you always saw him with a gun or a fishing pole.
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