Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes parole eligibility after 15 years of imprisonment for inmates who were sentenced as adults for offenses that were committed prior to the age of 18.

Highlights:

• Specifies that prisoners who committed offenses prior to the age of 18 and were sentenced as adults are eligible for parole after completing 15 years of their sentence (Sec. 1)

• Specifies prisoners serving a life sentence must complete the following amount of years in prison before they can be eligible for parole (Sec. 1):

• 10 years;

• 15 years for a 1st or 2nd degree murder committed after July 10, 1989;

• 20 years for a 1st or 2nd degree murder committed after June 30, 1995; or

• 25 years for a 1st or 2nd degree murder committed after July 1, 2015.

• Requires a unanimous vote by members of the parole board in order to issue a parole permit (Sec. 1).

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