NY A05803

Allows the Parole Board to set parole reconsideration dates up to 60 months (instead of the current 24 months maximum) for inmates convicted of murder in the first degree, aggravated murder, or murder in the second degree with sentences other than death or life imprisonment without parole.

Provides the Parole Board discretion to extend reconsideration periods only when the board determines that nothing could transpire in the next five years that would change their parole decision.

Applies retroactively to all currently and future incarcerated individuals sentenced for the specified eligible class A felonies.

Named "Lorraine's Law" in memory of Lorraine Miranda, murdered on December 5, 1988; her killer was sentenced to 15-60 years and first became eligible for parole in 2003.

Intends to reduce the frequency that victims' families must relive traumatic crimes during parole hearings, as the victim's mother testified that the current 24-month reconsideration cycle causes unbearable post-traumatic stress.