SB320 Alabama 2012 Session

Updated Jul 25, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Cam Ward
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2012
Title: Pardons and Paroles Board, lesser penalty for parole revocations not based on commission of new crime, Sec. 15-22-32 am'd.
Description: Under existing law, if a parolee violates parole, the Board of Pardons and Parole may either reinstate parole or require the parolee to serve the remainder of his or her sentence in prison.
This bill would provide that if the revocation is based on the commission of a new crime, except for certain traffic offenses, the parolee may be required to serve out his or her sentence in prison. This bill would provide that for technical violations, the parolee may be required to serve not more than 90 days in prison before parole is reinstated. This bill would be retroactively applied to individuals whose parole was revoked due to a technical violation.
Subjects: Crimes and Offenses

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary