Amendment #11 to H4184

Parole board requirement

Ms. Provost of Somerville moves to amend the bill in line 114 by replacing the period with a comma and adding the following words "but shall be eligible for parole under subsection (a) of section 100 and 33A of chapter 127 except that the parole board shall, at least once in each ensuing five year period after an initial hearing, consider carefully and thoroughly the merits of each such case on the question of releasing such prisoner on parole, and may, by a vote of two-thirds of its members grant such parole permit."