MO HB650

Board of Probation and Parole shall review cases of incarcerated offenders with sentences exceeding 15 years or life without parole who have no prior felony convictions, have served at least 15 years, and exhausted all state and federal appeals.

Board must prepare a written report to the governor recommending either grant or denial of executive clemency within a reasonable time and provide the same report to the interviewed offender.

Offenders become eligible for parole after serving at least 15 years if their history includes evidence of abuse, if youth and maturity at time of crime affected judgment, if they have no prior felony convictions, and if all appeals are exhausted.

Board shall consider criteria including length of time served, prison record, evidence of abuse, offender's role in the crime, degree of violence, plea bargain offers, sentence severity, offender's age and maturity, and workable parole plans.

Cases of offenders who remain incarcerated shall be reviewed again and recommendations made to the governor every three years; the governor's clemency power remains unchanged by this section.