106 So. 3d 1090 - State v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “D. (1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any person serving a sentence of life imprisonment who was under the age of eighteen years at the time of the commission of the offense, except for a person serving a life sentence for a conviction of first degree murder (R.S. 11:30) or second degree murder (R.S. 11:30.1), shall be eligible for parole consideration pursuant to the provisions of this Subsection if all of the following conditions have been met: (a) The offender has served thirty years of the sentence imposed. |7(b) The offender has not committed any disciplinary offenses in the twelve consecutive months prior to the parole eligibility date (c) The offender has completed the mandatory minimum of one hundred hours of prerelease programming in accordance with R.S. 15:827.1. (d) The offender has completed substance abuse treatment as applicable. (e) The offender has obtained a GED certification, unless the offender has previously obtained a high school diploma or is deemed by a certified educator as being incapable of obtaining a GED certification due to a learning disability. If the offender is deemed incapable of obtaining a GED certification, the offender shall complete at least one of the following: (i) A literacy program. (ii) An adult basic education program. (iii) A job skills training program. (f) The offender has obtained a low-risk level designation determined by a validated risk assessment instrument approved by the secretary of the Department ”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Fletcher