MO HB3527

Expands parole eligibility for abuse survivors from only those serving life sentences with crimes before December 31, 1990, to any incarcerated offender serving any sentence whose offense stemmed from abuse by a spouse, domestic partner, intimate partner, household member, or trafficker

Reduces minimum time before parole eligibility from 15 years to the lesser of 5 years or one-third of the sentence for qualifying offenders with documented histories of continual physical, psychological, or sexual domestic violence or trafficking

Establishes a presumption in favor of granting parole hearings, requiring the parole board to provide written findings if denying a hearing based on unreliable or deficient factual allegations

Prohibits the parole board from counting inability to participate in treatment or programming as a negative factor if the offender was willing but unable to participate while incarcerated

Removes provisions requiring consideration of plea bargain offers, claims of innocence, and the perjury penalty for false witness statements from parole board deliberations