Bill Text: HI SB2815 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Parole.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-08 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. [SB2815 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-SB2815-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO PAROLE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
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1. Section 353-70, Hawaii Revised
Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§353-70
Final discharge. Whenever, in
its opinion, any paroled prisoner has given such evidence as is deemed reliable
and trustworthy that the paroled prisoner will remain at liberty without
violating the law and that the paroled prisoner's final release is not
incompatible with the welfare of society, the Hawaii paroling authority may
grant the prisoner a written discharge from further liability under the
prisoner's sentence[.] unless the inmate is serving any portion of a
court-ordered mandatory minimum sentence or the inmate or paroled prisoner owes
restitution.
Any
paroled prisoner who has been on parole for at least five years shall [be
brought before] have the prisoner's case administratively reviewed by
the paroling authority for purposes of consideration for final discharge and,
at the discretion of the authority, may be considered for a recommendation for
a complete pardon. In the event the
prisoner is not granted a final discharge and full pardon, the paroled prisoner
shall [be] have the prisoner's case administratively brought
before the paroling authority for the aforementioned
purposes annually thereafter.
Any
person, who, while on parole, enters the military service of the United States,
may, upon the person's honorable discharge therefrom, petition the paroling
authority for a final discharge, and the paroling authority may consider the
honorable discharge as grounds for granting a final discharge from parole and
recommending to the governor a full pardon."
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2. Statutory material to be repealed is
bracketed and stricken. New statutory
material is underscored.
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3. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
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INTRODUCED BY: |
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BY REQUEST |
Report Title:
Parole; Discharged Persons
Description:
Clarifies circumstances under which the Hawaii Paroling Authority may grant early discharges. Provides the paroling authority with discretion when considering pardons for paroled prisoners and clarifies early discharge consideration of paroled prisoners is an administrative action, not an in-person hearing before the authority.
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