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2020 SESSION
SB 821 Parole; exception to limitation on the application of parole statutes.
Introduced by: Joseph D. Morrissey | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Parole; exception to limitation on the application of parole statutes. Provides that an incarcerated person is eligible for parole if (i) such person was sentenced by a jury prior to the date of the Supreme Court of Virginia decision in Fishback v. Commonwealth, 260 Va. 104 (June 9, 2000), in which the Court held that a jury should be instructed on the fact that parole has been abolished, for a noncapital felony committed on or after the abolition of parole went into effect (on January 1, 1995) and (ii) the jury was not instructed on the abolition of parole in the Commonwealth. The bill also provides that any person eligible for parole as provided by the provisions of this bill shall be given priority for consideration of parole over all other eligible persons and shall have a parole hearing no later than July 1, 2021. This bill was incorporated into SB 793.
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HISTORY
- 01/08/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105162D
- 01/08/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 01/17/20 Senate: Rereferred from Rehabilitation and Social Services (12-Y 0-N)
- 01/17/20 Senate: Rereferred to Judiciary
- 01/24/20 Senate: Assigned Judiciary sub: Criminal Law
- 02/03/20 Senate: Incorporated by Judiciary (SB793-McClellan) (15-Y 0-N)