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<section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="7-307.1" title_number="7" title_name="Parole, Release on Mandatory Supervision, and Executive Clemency" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Eligibility for Parole; Parole Hearings">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Commission does not have the authority to permanently deny parole.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An incarcerated individual is entitled to a subsequent parole hearing:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>for an incarcerated individual sentenced to a period of incarceration of 10 years or less, not later than 2 years after each parole hearing that results in a denial of parole;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>except as provided in item (3) of this subsection, for an incarcerated individual sentenced to a period of incarceration exceeding 10 years, not later than 3 years after each parole hearing that results in a denial of parole; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>for an incarcerated individual sentenced to a period of incarceration exceeding 20 years for a crime against an individual, not later than 3 years after the first parole hearing that results in a denial of parole and not later than 5 years thereafter.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
