Ch. 3

1995 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(3)     A conditional pardon is an act of clemency. It is a pardon, the legal
operation of which is dependent upon the performance of such conditions precedent or
subsequent, as the Governor may specify in the written order. The order shall likewise
show whether the pardon is a partial or a full pardon.

(4)     A commutation of sentence is an act of clemency, evidenced by a written
executive order signed by the Governor under the great seal, ordering that the grantee
shall suffer a lesser penalty for his offense than that imposed upon him by the court in
which he was convicted. A commutation may be absolute or made to depend, for its
effectiveness upon the compliance with such conditions, precedent or subsequent, as the
Governor may provide in the written order.                       

(5)     A parole is a conditional release from imprisonment, granted by the
Maryland Parole Commission to any of certain classes of prisoners in any adult penal or
correctional institution of this State, in the manner provided for in this subtitle. A parole
shall be evidenced by an order in writing, and entitles the recipient thereof to leave the
institution in which he was imprisoned, and to serve the remainder of his term outside the
confines thereof if he shall satisfactorily comply with all the terms and conditions
provided in the parole order. Each such paroled prisoner shall be deemed to remain in
legal custody until the expiration of his full, undiminished term; and upon having violated
the conditions of his parole, shall be remanded to the institution from which, he was
paroled.

(6)     Probation is the conditional exemption from imprisonment allowed any
prisoner by suspension of sentence in the circuit court for any county of this State. The
condition of any order of probation shall be determined solely by the judge granting the
same.

(7)     "Predetermined parole release agreement" means an agreement
between the Commissioner of Correction, the Maryland Parole Commission, and an
inmate for the release on parole of the inmate at a predetermined time if, during the
period of his confinement, he fulfills the conditions specified in the agreement.

(8)     "Commission" means the Maryland Parole Commission.

(9)     "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Correction.

(10)   "Department" means the Department of Public Safety and Correctional

Services.
Services.

(11) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional

(12)   "Violent crime" means burglary in the first, second, or third degree and
any crime that is listed as a "crime of violence" under Article 27, § 643B of the Code.

(13)   "Mandatory supervision" is. a conditional release from imprisonment
which is granted to any person sentenced after July 1, 1970 to the jurisdiction of the
Division of Correction who has served the term or terms, less the deductions provided for
in Article 27, §§ 700 and 704A of the Code. This conditional release was previously
referred to as "mandatory release":                               

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