SPONSOR: McCann Beatty
This bill specifies when any offender serving a sentence of life without parole has served at least 25 years of his or her sentence, the Board of Probation and Parole, in its discretion, may grant parole to such offender if the board finds the offender has been rehabilitated and his or her release would be without detriment to the community or the offender. Any offender released under these provisions is subject to lifetime parole supervision.
Before ordering the parole of an offender under these provisions the board must require the offender to appear before a hearing panel and comply with all applicable procedures.
The board is required to develop a plan that contains appropriate conditions for the person to be released on parole and other specified provisions and conditions. A mandatory condition of lifetime supervision of an offender is that the offender be electronically monitored. If any parole officer has reasonable cause to believe that a person on parole has violated a condition of his or her parole or that the person is no longer a proper subject for parole, the officer may issue a warrant for the person's arrest to return him or her to a secured facility.
This bill is the same as HB 639 (2017).
Statutes affected: 217.694