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OK SB1039

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/14/2013

Primary Sponsor

Anthony Sykes

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Origin

Senate

2013 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Establishes that commutation applications must be accompanied by written recommendations from two of three trial officials (judge, district attorney, and sheriff/police chief of jurisdiction).

  • Requires the Governor and Pardon and Parole Board to provide district attorneys and victims/victim's representatives at least 20 days' notice before considering commutation or pardon applications.

  • Specifies that inmates sentenced to death, life without parole, or crimes with 85% sentence requirements are only eligible for commutation if all three trial officials provide favorable written recommendations.

  • Modifies parole consideration procedures to include a two-stage hearing process for certain violent offenders, with the Board first reviewing case files and then hearing victim testimony before voting on parole recommendations.

  • Requires the Pardon and Parole Board to provide district attorneys regular dockets 20 days in advance and notify them of commutation/parole recommendations within 20 days after Board consideration; effective November 1, 2013.

Legislative Description

Pardon and parole procedures; modifying procedures for consideration of certain applications. Effective date.

Prisons and Correctional Institutions

Last Action

Second Reading referred to Judiciary

3/19/2013

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/5/2013

Full Bill Text

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