SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 339

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: OCTOBER 24, 1996

      The Senate Judiciary Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 339.

      The bill would give the parole board more discretion in reviewing the case of an inmate who has been previously denied parole. Currently, the parole board is required to allow the inmate to be released on parole unless new information obtained in a new preparole report indicates that the inmate should not be released. Under the provisions of this bill, the same standards applicable with regard to initial parole determinations would also be applicable to subsequent parole determinations for inmates whose parole had initially been denied. Any relevant information including information contained in the original preparole report could be used in making these determinations.