AB 1276, as introduced, Bloom. Parole: juvenile offenders.
Existing law generally regulates the granting and conditioning of parole, and places the duty to monitor parolees on the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Adult Parole Operations. Existing law specifies the procedures that the Board of Parole Hearings must follow in granting, denying, or revoking parole.
This bill would require, except as otherwise provided by law, a person who was convicted of a nonhomicide offense that was committed before the person had attained 18 years of age to be given a meaningful opportunity for parole or other form of supervised release after having served 25 years in state prison.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 3051 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
Except as otherwise provided by law, a person who was
3convicted of a nonhomicide offense that was committed before
4the person had attained 18 years of age shall be given, not less
5than once, after having served 25 years in state prison, and
6thereafter as specified in Section 3041.5, a meaningful opportunity
P2 1for parole or other form of supervised release. This section does
2not prohibit the imposition of a life sentence for juveniles convicted
3of homicide and does not prohibit or modify the parole procedures
4for adult offenders. This section does not limit the access of
5juvenile offenders to other programs and appeals that they were
6eligible for prior to the enactment of this section.
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