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Senate panel hears bill to expand geriatric and medical parole criteria and remove governor from final step
Summary
Senate bill 181 would clarify and expand Maryland’s geriatric and medical parole rules, shifting geriatric parole language into the correctional services article, tightening medical standards for release and removing gubernatorial review for parole determinations.
Senator Shelly Hettleman on Tuesday pressed the Judicial Proceedings Committee to approve SB181, legislation that would revise Maryland’s geriatric and medical parole provisions by clarifying medical criteria, moving geriatric parole language to the Correctional Services Article and removing the governor from the parole consideration step.
“People age out of crime,” Hettleman told the committee, arguing the current statutory structure and placement in the code makes it difficult for eligible older inmates to be considered. She said many incarcerated people are elderly and debilitated after serving long sentences and noted federal and other-state examples, including a high-profile federal medical parole, to…
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