Sentencing Committee Minutes 
November 14, 2005 
Present: Marge Webster, Chair; Dale King, Bill Knowles, Dave Kidder, 
Mark Putney, Lew Feldstein. 
Meetings: Group favored less frequent and longer meetings. Mondays and 
Friday s preferred dates of those in attendance, as they do not 
conflict with the Legislature, an issue for Bill and Dave. Next two 
meetings set for 11/28 9-12; and 12/9 9-12. Marge to inform group 
which meeting will be in Concord and which in Tamworth. Concord 
meeting to be hosted by NH Charitable and Lew will send directions to 
all. 
Email addresses and contact information to be circulated by Kathy and 
staff to entire Committee. 
Work Plan: Group agreed to address current practices of Alternative 
Sentencing and Mandatory Sentencing. Group is open to other issues 
as well under the broad topic of sentencing. 
Background materials: 
• Marge agreed to provide the group with some written material 
describing current Alternative sentencing practices in the 
state, including the Academy Program, and the state funded 
alternative sentencing programs, and the Drug Courts. 
• Marge also agreed to look for materials reporting on what other 
states are testing and doing. 
• Lew will check with Doug Hall at Public Policy Center on recent 
report that they did on Academy. 
• Bill Knowles will circulate info on current NH state Mandatory 
sentencing laws.