MO HB1817

Offenders serving life sentences without parole (or life without parole for 50+ years) who are age 65 or older, have no prior felony conviction for violent crimes, and are not convicted sex offenders become eligible for a parole hearing after serving 20 or more years.

Board of probation and parole must determine if offenders meet four criteria during the hearing: good conduct record while incarcerated, demonstrated self-rehabilitation, workable parole plan with community/family support, and institutional risk factor score of no higher than one.

Offenders granted parole under this section must serve a minimum of five years under supervision by the board of probation and parole upon release.

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

The provision does not affect other parole considerations under law or the governor's authority to grant clemency, pardons, or commute sentences.