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MO HB807
Bill
Status
3/7/2013
Primary Sponsor
Mike Lair
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AI Summary
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Requires 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.
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Applies only to offenders with no prior felony convictions of a violent nature and who are not convicted sex offenders.
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Board of Probation and Parole must determine eligibility based on seven criteria including good conduct record, self-rehabilitation efforts, workable parole plan, community/family support, and an institutional risk factor score of one.
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Grants parole must include a minimum of five years of supervision by the Board of Probation and Parole.
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If parole is denied, offenders become eligible for reconsideration hearings every three years until a presumptive release date is established.
Legislative Description
Requires certain offenders 60 years of age or older serving a sentence of life without parole for a minimum of 50 years to receive a parole hearing after serving 15 years of his or her sentence
Last Action
Referred: Special Standing Committee on Corrections(H)
5/17/2013