The department shall develop an online system based on state statistics of actual offenders to provide courts, attorneys, probation and parole officers, and victims with objective information for use in plea negotiations and sentencing. The system shall include but not be limited to the following information:
(1) Sentencing information for all felonies, including the amount of time likely to be served for particular offenses;

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 196.091

  • Department: means the Department of Corrections. See Kentucky Statutes 196.010
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

(2) The offender’s risk assessment rating;
(3) The offender’s expected time to serve, including but not limited to parole eligibility date, good time release date, maximum expiration of sentence date, and the historic percentage of time served for similar offenders;
(4) The costs for various sentencing options and costs for various alternatives to incarceration; and
(5) The offender’s likelihood of being reincarcerated within two (2) years under the different sentencing options and alternatives, taking into account the offender’s risk assessment rating.
Effective: July 1, 2013
History: Created 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 2, sec. 67, effective July 1, 2013.