Bill Text: SC H3425 | 2019-2020 | 123rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Parole, pardon and clemency hearings
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-01-08 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary [H3425 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2019-H3425-Introduced.html
A BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 24-21-50, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE CONDUCT OF PAROLE, PARDON, AND CLEMENCY HEARINGS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT ALL TESTIMONY PRESENTED AT A PAROLE HEARING MUST BE TAKEN UNDER OATH, AND THAT POTENTIAL PAROLEES BEING CONSIDERED FOR PAROLE OR THEIR COUNSEL HAS A RIGHT TO CONFRONT ANY WITNESS THAT APPEARS BEFORE THE BOARD DURING THEIR HEARING.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 24-21-50 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 24-21-50. (A) The board shall grant hearings and permit arguments and appearances by counsel or any individual before it at any such hearing while considering a case for parole, pardon, or any other form of clemency provided for under law.
(B) No Only a potential parolee inmate who is being considered for parole or their counsel has a right of confrontation at the hearing.
(C) All testimony presented at a parole hearing must be taken under oath."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
