RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 726 (HB 102) 2022 Regular Session Muscarello
Existing law requires parole hearings to be conducted in a formal manner and in accordance
with the rules formulated by the committee on parole and with provisions of existing law.
Further requires prisoners to appear before and be interviewed by the committee on parole
before parole is considered.
New law provides that beginning on Aug. 1, 2024, the committee on parole shall not
consider a parole rehearing of any prisoner who is serving a sentence for any of the following
offenses until at least four years after the denial of parole:
(1)Any crime of violence or sex offense, for which the prisoner is serving a life sentence
and for which the prisoner is eligible for parole.
(2)Any crime that is both a crime of violence and a sex offense, for which the prisoner
is serving a fixed term of years and for which the prisoner is eligible for parole.
(3)Manslaughter, for which the prisoner is eligible for parole.
Effective August 1, 2022.
(Amends R.S. 15:574.4.1(A)(1))