Guam § 80 - Exception for Parole Eligibility.

§ 80. Exception for Parole Eligibility.

(a) Unless otherwise provided by law, every person confined in a Guam penal or correctional

institution shall be eligible for release on parole at any time after the service of two-thirds (2/3) of his or

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her fixed sentence or after a greater time set by the Court, which shall state reasons therefor, provided that

in the case of an offender sentenced to a term of imprisonment for the commission of a violent crime, such

offender may be released conditionally on parole upon completion of eighty-five percent (85%) of his or

her fixed sentence or after a greater time set by the Court, which shall state reasons therefor, or in the case

of a person sentenced to life imprisonment, after such person has been confined for twenty-five (25) years.

(1) Nothing in this Section shall be construed as limiting or mitigating in any fashion the

discretionary or mandatory imposition of a sentence of life imprisonment without parole for any

offense, as may be detailed elsewhere in this Title or the laws of Guam.

(2) For the purposes of this Section, a “violent crime” is defined as one or more of the following:

(A) aggravated murder, as defined in 9 GCA § 16.30;

(B) murder, as defined in 9 GCA § 16.40;

(C) manslaughter, as defined in 9 GCA § 16.50, and when such manslaughter is not

involuntary;

(D) aggravated assault, as defined in 9 GCA § 19.20, and when it is a felony in the first

degree;

(E) kidnapping, as defined in 9 GCA § 22.20, and when it is a felony in the first degree;

(F) first degree criminal sexual conduct, as defined in 9 GCA § 25.15;

(G) second degree criminal sexual conduct, as defined in 9 GCA § 25.20;

(H) aggravated arson, as defined in 9 GCA § 34.20;

(I) first degree robbery, as defined in 9 GCA § 40.10; or

(J) second degree robbery, as defined in 9 GCA § 40.20.

(b) The Board shall consider the desirability of parole of each inmate at least sixty (60) days prior to

his/her first eligibility.

(1) Following such consideration, the Board shall issue a formal order granting or denying parole.

(2) If parole is denied,

(A) the Board shall state in its order the reasons therefor and the approximate date of next

consideration, which shall not be more than one (1) year from the date of the previous

consideration, except

(i) that if a person imprisoned for the commission of a violent crime has been denied

parole by the Board for two (2) consecutive years, the Board shall set the next consideration

four (4) years from the date of the previous consideration.

(ii) Said person shall not be eligible for parole again for at least four (4) years after the

date of the last denial of parole.

(B) The Board need not state any reasons for denial if to do so would impair a course of

rehabilitative treatment of the inmate.