MD SB492 | 2012 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 2 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-02-08 - Hearing 3/1 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Providing that, if eligible for parole, a person or an inmate who is serving a sentence of life imprisonment based on a first degree murder conviction involving circumstances in which the eligible person or inmate was not a principal in the first degree to the crime may be paroled without the approval of the Governor; providing that the Board of Review of Patuxent Institution or the Maryland Parole Commission shall make a specified determination by a preponderance of the evidence; etc.

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Title

Inmates - Life Imprisonment - Parole Approval - Felony Murder Accomplice

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History

DateChamberAction
2012-02-08 Hearing 3/1 at 1:00 p.m.
2012-02-02 First Reading Judicial Proceedings

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