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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 132
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Article - Correctional Services
7-205.
(a) The Commission has the exclusive power to:
(1) authorize the parole of an individual sentenced under the laws of the
State to any correctional facility in the State;
(2) negotiate, enter into, and sign predetermined parole release
agreements as provided under subsection (b) of this section;
(3) hear cases for parole in which:
(i) the Commissioner of Correction, after reviewing the
recommendation of the appropriate managing official, objects to a parole;
(ii) the inmate was convicted of a homicide; [or]
(iii) the inmate is serving a sentence of life imprisonment; OR
(IV) THE PAROLE HEARING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC UNDER § 7-304
OF THIS TITLE;
(4) hear exceptions to recommendations of a hearing examiner or a
commissioner acting as a hearing examiner;
(5) review summarily all recommendations of a hearing examiner or a
commissioner acting as a hearing examiner to which an exception has not been filed;
(6) hear a case for parole in absentia when an individual who was
sentenced in this State to serve a term of imprisonment is in a correctional facility of
a jurisdiction other than this State;
(7) hear cases of parole revocation; and
(8) if delegated by the Governor, hear cases involving an alleged
violation of a conditional pardon.
7-304.
(a) A parole hearing [before the Commission or a hearing examiner] shall be
open to the public if:
(1) (i) a victim, as defined in § 7-801 of this title, makes a written
request [for notification under § 7-801(b)(1)(ii) of this title] TO THE DEPARTMENT
FOR NOTIFICATION AND MAINTAINS A CURRENT ADDRESS ON FILE WITH THE
DEPARTMENT; or
(ii) a victim or a victim's representative files a notification request
form under § 11-104 of the Criminal Procedure Article; and
(2) within a reasonable amount of time before a scheduled hearing, the
victim makes a written request that the hearing be open to the public.
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