MS HB1517

Establishes parole eligibility for first-degree murder after serving 25 years and second-degree murder after serving 20 years, crimes currently ineligible for parole in Mississippi.

Reduces parole eligibility threshold for violent offenses from 60% or 20 years to 50% or 15 years, whichever is less, including robbery with a deadly weapon, drive-by shooting, and carjacking.

Grants parole eligibility to habitual offenders after serving 10 years, removing current provisions that prohibit parole for repeat felony offenders.

Applies all changes retroactively to July 1, 1995, requiring the Department of Corrections and State Parole Board to recalculate parole eligibility dates for affected inmates.

Maintains parole ineligibility for capital murder, sex offenses, human trafficking, and life sentences without parole.