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corrections supervisor or law enforcement officer who is not | | employed by a state agency to use deadly force. |
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| | | 7. Use of force that is not justifiable under this section | | in effecting an arrest does not render illegal an arrest that | | is otherwise legal and the use of such unjustifiable force | | does not render inadmissible anything seized incident to a | | legal arrest. |
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| | | 8. Nothing in this section constitutes justification for | | conduct by a law enforcement officer or a private person | amounting to an offense against innocent persons whom he the | | officer or private person is not seeking to arrest or retain | | in custody. |
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| | | Sec. 4. 17-A MRSA §210, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2001, c. 383, §11 | | and affected by §156, is further amended to read: |
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| | | 1. A person is guilty of terrorizing if that person in fact | | communicates to any person a threat to commit or to cause to | | be committed a crime of violence dangerous to human life, | | against the person to whom the communication is made or | | another, and the natural and probable consequence of such a | | threat, whether or not such consequence in fact occurs, is: |
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| | | A. To place the person to whom the threat is communicated | | or the person threatened in reasonable fear that the crime | | will be committed. Violation of this paragraph is a Class | | D crime; or |
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| | | B. To cause evacuation of a building, place of assembly | | or facility of public transport or to cause the occupants | | of a building to be moved to or required to remain in a | | designated secured area. Violation of this paragraph is a | | Class C crime. |
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| | | Sec. 5. 17-A MRSA §451, sub-§3-A, as enacted by PL 1981, c. 317, | | §13, is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 6. 17-A MRSA §452, sub-§2-A, as amended by PL 1983, c. 450, §3, | | is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 7. 17-A MRSA §454, sub-§1, ķA, as amended by PL 2001, c. 383, | | §63 and affected by §156, is further amended to read: |
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| | | A. Induces or otherwise causes, or attempts to induce or | | cause, a witness or informant: |
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| | (1) To testify or inform falsely in a manner the actor | | knows to be false; or |
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