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ACIC and DOC brief lawmakers on arrests, convictions, parole and a juvenile-records rule
Summary
The Arkansas Crime Information Center reported 108 arrests and 15 convictions under trafficking-related statutes across the tracked period; Department of Corrections staff explained parole calculations (70% served when the victim is a minor) and the committee reviewed a DOC rule proposal about extended juvenile jurisdiction records without objection.
Brad Kuzorda, director of the Arkansas Crime Information Center (ACIC), summarized state criminal-record data for trafficking-related statutes, noting that ACIC’s records show 108 people arrested (122 counts), 15 people convicted (19 counts), 24 cases in 'null process' (30 counts) and 7 persons with permanently dismissed cases (8 counts). Kuzorda said final dispositions exist for 46 people and 57 counts and that some null-process cases are refiled in federal court for differences in sentencing practice.
In a follow-up, legislators asked whether patronizing/buying charges appear in the data; Kuzorda confirmed statutes…
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