MO HB1175

Allows offenders age 60 or older serving life without parole sentences of at least 50 years to receive a parole hearing after serving 15 or more years, provided they have no prior felony convictions of a violent nature.

Board of probation and parole must determine if offender meets seven criteria including good institutional conduct, demonstrated self-rehabilitation, viable parole plan, family/community support, and an institutional risk factor score of one.

Requires released offenders to serve a minimum of five years under board supervision and excludes convicted sex offenders from parole eligibility.

Offenders denied parole become eligible for reconsideration hearings every three years until a presumptive release date is established.