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2009 Alabama Code
Title 15 — CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.
Chapter 18 — SENTENCE AND PUNISHMENT.
- Article 1 General Provisions.
- Section 15-18-1 Legal punishments; sentencing; liability of Department of Corrections for costs.
- Section 15-18-4 Service of state sentence concurrently with federal sentence in federal penal system.
- Section 15-18-5 Credit towards sentence for time spent incarcerated - Pending trial.
- Section 15-18-6 Credit towards sentence for time spent incarcerated - Time between recapture and return to penal system for recaptured escapees.
- Section 15-18-7 Applicability of Sections 15-18-5 and 15-18-6 to prisoners presently incarcerated.
- Section 15-18-8 Terms of confinement, etc.; probation.
- Section 15-18-8.1 Rules and regulations.
- Section 15-18-9 Penalties for persons previously convicted of felonies.
- Article 2 Punishment Fixed by Court.
- Article 3 Punishment Fixed by Jury.
- Article 4 Costs and Fines.
- Section 15-18-60 When prosecutor liable for costs.
- Section 15-18-61 Confession of judgment by prosecutor for costs.
- Section 15-18-62 Imprisonment for failure to pay fines and costs.
- Section 15-18-63 Imposition of additional hard labor to pay costs; when defendant discharged.
- Article 4A Restitution to Victims of Crimes.
- Section 15-18-65 Legislative findings; purpose and construction of article.
- Section 15-18-66 Definitions.
- Section 15-18-67 Restitution hearing; order of restitution; persons entitled to be heard.
- Section 15-18-68 Criteria for determining restitution.
- Section 15-18-69 Objections to order; statement of findings.
- Section 15-18-70 Method of payment of restitution; payment as condition of sentence suspension or probation.
- Section 15-18-71 Enforceability of order when defendant imprisoned; condition of parole.
- Section 15-18-72 Effect of default by defendant with suspended sentence, on probation or on parole.
- Section 15-18-73 Restitution by corporation, partnership, etc.; default as forfeiture of right to do business.
- Section 15-18-74 Supervision of parolee's restitution.
- Section 15-18-75 Civil action by victim of crime; credit for restitution paid.
- Section 15-18-76 Restitution centers - Establishment and operation; cooperation of counties and municipalities.
- Section 15-18-77 Restitution centers - Services; powers of Board of Pardons and Paroles, counties and municipalities.
- Section 15-18-78 Effect of restitution order; rights of victim, etc.; section cumulative and in pari materia with other statutes.
- Article 5 Death Penalty.
- Section 15-18-80 Issuance and delivery of warrant for execution; delivery of condemned person; return of receipt; compensation of sheriff.
- Section 15-18-81 Confinement until execution; certain persons may visit condemned person.
- Section 15-18-82 When, where, and by whom executions conducted.
- Section 15-18-82.1 Method of execution; election of execution by electrocution; constitutionality.
- Section 15-18-83 Persons who may be present at execution.
- Section 15-18-84 Rearrest and execution of person escaping before execution.
- Section 15-18-85 Return of execution warrant, certificate and statements; payment for transportation of body.
- Section 15-18-86 Procedure when condemned female believed pregnant.
- Article 6 Stay of Execution.
- Article 7 Inmate Community Reintegration Program.
- Section 15-18-110 Short title.
- Section 15-18-111 Definitions.
- Section 15-18-112 Extension of limits of confinement authorized.
- Section 15-18-113 Eligibility.
- Section 15-18-114 Investigation by department regarding inmate suitability; notice required; objections.
- Section 15-18-115 Restitution; schedule of payment; disposition of unclaimed, etc., funds.
- Section 15-18-116 Forty-hour workweek required.
- Section 15-18-117 Supervision charge authorized.
- Section 15-18-118 Legal status of inmate involved in free community, etc.
- Section 15-18-119 Annual report required.
- Section 15-18-120 Commissioner required to promote public understanding of program, etc.
- Section 15-18-121 Penalty for failure to remain within limits of confinement, etc.
- Section 15-18-122 Exemption of program from Administrative Procedure Act.
- Section 15-18-123 Legislative review authorized.
- Article 8 Alabama Restitution Withholding.
- Section 15-18-140 Short title.
- Section 15-18-141 Legislative findings, etc.
- Section 15-18-142 Definitions.
- Section 15-18-143 Employment income withholding order - Generally.
- Section 15-18-144 Employment income withholding order - Assets of defendant to be withheld or attached.
- Section 15-18-145 Employment income withholding order - Nature of order.
- Section 15-18-146 Employment income withholding order - Service.
- Section 15-18-147 Employment income withholding order - Receipt and disposition of income, etc.
- Section 15-18-148 Employment income withholding order - Penalty for noncompliance.
- Section 15-18-149 Employment income withholding order - Person complying protected from actions for wrongful conversion, etc.
- Section 15-18-150 Employment income withholding order - Priority.
- Section 15-18-151 Employment income withholding order - Alteration, modification, etc.
- Article 9 Community Punishment and Corrections.
- Section 15-18-170 Short title.
- Section 15-18-171 Definitions.
- Section 15-18-171.1 Community Corrections Division.
- Section 15-18-172 Establishment of program; funding; rules and regulations; participation in program.
- Section 15-18-173 Goals.
- Section 15-18-174 Powers, duties, authority of department.
- Section 15-18-175 Eligibility; exclusion; sentencing.
- Section 15-18-176 Plan submitted to department; format for plan; participation voluntary.
- Section 15-18-177 Drafting of plan.
- Section 15-18-178 Eligibility for contracts or grants; common facilities and cost sharing.
- Section 15-18-179 Application for incorporation; certificate of incorporation; amendment; board of directors; dissolution; funding; competitive bidding laws not applicable.
- Section 15-18-180 Funding for community-based programs, facilities, services; user fees; inmate wages.
- Section 15-18-181 Administrative costs; uniform accounting system; reports and records audited annually.
- Section 15-18-182 Eligibility for continued grant funding; additional incentive funding; noncompliance with plan.
- Section 15-18-183 Recovery of damages; exemption from civil liability.
- Section 15-18-184 Authority to maintain general liability insurance.
- Section 15-18-185 Inmate with medical condition in which treatment exceeds $2,000 to be transferred to department.
- Section 15-18-186 State-County Community Corrections Partnership Fund.
- Article 10
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