South Carolina General Assembly
111th Session, 1995-1996

Bill 231


Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter


                    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



History


Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  _______________________________________  _______ ____________

Senate  19950110  Introduced, read first time,             03 SCP
                  referred to Committee
Senate  19941017  Prefiled, referred to Committee          03 SCP

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A BILL

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.

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