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Committee adopts amendments to parole bill adding discovery, hearing schedule guarantees and recordings
Summary
The Judiciary Committee adopted amendments March 13 to a parole commission bill that add affirmative discovery, recorded hearings with victim redactions, and date-certain rules for subsequent parole hearings after a denial.
The House Judiciary Committee on March 13 adopted amendments to a parole-related bill to institute several due-process changes for parole hearings and to set maximum intervals for subsequent hearings after a denial.
Sponsor Delegate Embry said the amendments require that defendants eligible for parole receive affirmative discovery of the documents that parole decision-makers will consider; decisions must include written reasons and be delivered in a specified timeframe (the amendment compromise…
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