Ch. 716                                        1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(II) A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO THE DIVISION OF
CORRECTION AFTER BEING CONVICTED OF A VIOLENT CRIME AND WHO HAS BEEN
SENTENCED TO MORE THAN ONE TERM OF CONFINEMENT, INCLUDING A TERM DURING
WHICH THE PERSON IS ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE AND A TERM DURING WHICH THE PERSON
IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE, IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE UNTIL THE PERSON HAS
SERVED THE GREATER OF:

1. ONE-HALF OF THE AGGREGATE TERMS SENTENCED; OR

2. A PERIOD OF TIME EQUAL TO THE TERM DURING WHICH
THE PERSON IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE.

(2) (I) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS
PARAGRAPH, A PERSON WHO IS SERVING A TERM OF CONFINEMENT FOR A VIOLENT
CRIME SHALL RECEIVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW OF THE INMATE'S PROGRESS IN
THE INSTITUTION AFTER THE PERSON HAS SERVED ONE-FOURTH OF THE TERM OF
CONFINEMENT.

(II) A PERSON WHO IS SERVING A TERM OF CONFINEMENT THAT
INCLUDES A MANDATORY TERM DURING WHICH THE PERSON IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR
PAROLE NEED NOT BE GIVEN A REVIEW UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH UNTIL THE PERSON
HAS SERVED THE PERIOD OF CONFINEMENT DURING WHICH THE PERSON IS NOT
ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE.

[(c)](D) (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, a
person who has been sentenced to life imprisonment is not eligible for parole consideration
until the person has served 15 years or the equal of 15 years when considering the allowances
for diminution of period of confinement provided for in Article 27, § 700 and Article 27, §
638C, of the Code.

(2)     A person who has been sentenced to life imprisonment as a result of a
proceeding under Article 27, § 413 is not eligible for parole consideration until the person has
served 25 years or the equal of 25 years when considering the allowances for diminution of
period of confinement provided for in Article 27, § 700 and Article 27, § 638C, of the Code.

(3)      (i) If a person is sentenced to imprisonment for life without the possibility
of parole under Article 27, § 412 or § 413 of the Code, the person is not eligible for parole
consideration and may not be granted parole at any time during the term of the sentence.

(ii) Nothing contained in this paragraph may be construed to restrict the
authority of the Governor to pardon or remit any part of a sentence under the provisions of §
4-513 of this article.

(4)      If eligible for parole under this subsection, an inmate saving a term of life
imprisonment and a person serving a term of life imprisonment who is confined at Patuxent
Institution as an eligible person shall only be paroled with the approval of the Governor.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 2 of this Act shall be
construed prospectively to apply only to offenses that are committed on or after the effective
date of this Act and may not be applied or interpreted to have any affect on or application to
offenses that were committed before the effective date of this Act.

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