30:4-123.96 - "Blue Ribbon Panel for Review of Long-Term Prisoners' Parole Eligibility."
30:4-123.96 "Blue Ribbon Panel for Review of Long-Term Prisoners' Parole Eligibility."
11. a. (1) There is hereby created in the State Parole Board a committee known as the "Blue Ribbon Panel for Review of Long-Term Prisoners' Parole Eligibility." The committee shall be comprised of six members who are residents of this State, who shall have served as judges, prosecutors or public defenders but are not currently serving as judges, prosecutors or public defenders. The members of the committee shall be appointed by the Governor, without regard to the appointees' political affiliations and shall be subject to removal by the Governor at any time for good and sufficient cause. The chairperson of the committee shall be designated by the Governor.
(2)The members appointed by the Governor pursuant to this section shall be appointed for terms of six years. All appointed members shall serve after the expiration of their terms until their respective successors are appointed and shall qualify. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term.
(3)Members of the committee shall receive no compensation for services, but shall be reimbursed for actual expenditures incurred in the performance of their duties.
b.It shall be the duty of the committee to consider if prisoners who have been incarcerated and served more than 20 years of their sentences should be eligible for parole and submit any recommendations for parole to the appropriate parole board panel with a written recommendation regarding the case. The committee shall have discretion to determine whether to consider a prisoner's case and the committee shall also have the discretion to make recommendations regarding any case that the committee has considered.
L.2009, c.329, s.11.