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Legal advocates call for parole reform bill to adopt best practices, expand board composition and shift burden of proof
Summary
Claire Massington of the Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee and other advocates urged the committee to support H2694 to reform parole: expand the parole board, require clinical expertise and lived experience on the board, reverse the burden of proof so parole is presumed unless the board shows cause, and increase transparency and training.
A representative from the Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee asked the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security to support H2694, the Equitable Access to Parole Bill. The witness described ongoing litigation against the parole board and said the bill implements well‑established best practices to make parole…
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