Current Status Bill Number:231 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19950110 Primary Sponsor:Glover All Sponsors:Glover Drafted Document Number:RES9496.MWG Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Corrections and Penology Committee 03 SCP Subject:Pardon, domestic violence case
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TO AMEND SECTION 24-21-950, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO GUIDELINES FOR PARDON, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT AN INMATE WHO PRODUCES EVIDENCE OF A HISTORY OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PERPETRATED AGAINST THE INMATE BY THE VICTIM OF THE CRIME FOR WHICH THE INMATE IS IMPRISONED, IF SUCH VIOLENCE SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE INMATE'S COMMISSION OF THE CRIME, SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR PARDON PRIOR TO THE PAROLE ELIGIBILITY DATE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 24-21-950 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 24-21-950. The following guidelines shall be utilized by the Board board when determining when an individual is eligible for pardon consideration.
A.(A) Probationers shall be considered upon the request of the individual anytime after discharge from supervision.
B.(B) Persons discharged from a sentence without benefit of parole shall be considered upon the request of the individual anytime after the date of discharge.
C.(C) Parolees shall be considered for a pardon upon the request of the individual anytime after the successful completion of five years under supervision. Parolees successfully completing the maximum parole period, if less than five years, shall be are considered for pardon upon the request of the individual anytime after the date of discharge.
D.(D) An inmate shall be considered for pardon prior to parole eligibility date only when he can produce evidence comprising the most extraordinary circumstances. A most extraordinary circumstance shall include, but is not limited to, an inmate who produces evidence of a history of domestic violence perpetrated against the inmate by the victim of the crime for which the inmate is imprisoned, if such violence significantly contributed to the inmate's commission of the crime.
E.(E) The victim of a crime or any member of a convicted person's family living within this State may petition for a pardon for any person who is no longer an inmate or a probationer."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.