§ 609.12 — Parole or Discharge
Plain-Language Summary
Governs parole and discharge for prisoners sentenced to a term less than life. The Supervised Release Board can grant parole at any time if it would help rehabilitation and serve the public interest. For sentences over 5 years where the maximum is 10 years, parole must generally be granted after 5 years minus good behavior credit.
609.12 PAROLE OR DISCHARGE.
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Subdivision 1.Authority; conditions.
A person sentenced to the commissioner of corrections for imprisonment for a period less than life may be paroled or discharged at any time without regard to length of the term of imprisonment which the sentence imposes when in the judgment of the Supervised Release Board, and under the conditions the board imposes, the granting of parole or discharge would be most conducive to rehabilitation and would be in the public interest. §
Subd. 2.Parole required after certain term.
If a sentence of more than five years has been imposed on a defendant for a crime authorizing a sentence of not more than ten years, the Supervised Release Board shall grant the defendant parole no later than the expiration of five years of imprisonment, less time granted for good behavior, unless the board determines with or without hearing that the defendant’s parole would not be conducive to rehabilitation or would not be in the public interest. §
Subd. 3.Parole; board powers.
All sentences to the Supervised Release Board for the imprisonment of the defendant are subject to the laws relating to parole and the powers of the Supervised Release Board, except as modified in subdivisions 1 and 2, and to all other laws relating to persons in said institutions and their imprisonment.
History:
1963 c 753 art 1 s 609.12; 1973 c 654 s 15; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1983 c 274 s 18; 1986 c 444; 2023 c 52 art 18 s 13
History: History: 1963 c 753 art 1 s 609.12; 1973 c 654 s 15; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1983 c 274 s 18; 1986 c 444; 2023 c 52 art 18 s 13