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Senate clarifies parole board authority to revoke for new crimes, rejects some objections
Summary
The Senate approved a bill clarifying that the parole board retains discretion to treat a new criminal offense by a parolee or probationer as a revocable offense rather than automatically treating it as a technical violation, restoring pre‑existing practice after a Hinds County ruling.
The Senate voted to restore language clarifying that the parole board may exercise discretion when an individual on parole or probation commits a new crime — including misdemeanors — and decide whether to treat the offense as a revocable violation or a technical violation.
Senator Hill explained the bill as responding to a Hinds County circuit court ruling that, in the court’s view, made the law unclear and restricted the parole board’s prior practice of revoking…
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