SB42 Alabama 2019 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Cam Ward

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2019

Title

Criminal procedure, pardons and paroles, violent offenses, Sec. 15-22-27.4 added; Secs. 15-22-27.3, 15-22-28 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, a defendant convicted of a violent offense is eligible for parole once he or she has served one third or 10 years of his or her sentence, whichever is less, except by a unanimous affirmative vote of the board.

This bill would require a defendant convicted of murder, rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree, sexual torture, sexual abuse in the first degree, or human trafficking in the first degree to serve 85 percent of his or her sentence before being eligible for parole.

This bill would further provide for technical revisions.

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Subjects

Pardons and Paroles