All statements made by crime victims or by their representatives to state parole boards will be made available for consideration when parole boards weigh offenders’ latest requests for freedom, under a bill signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Sponsors of the bill (A9696/S7224) said the measure clarifies the possible misreading of §259-i of New York Executive Law as mandating that parole boards only take into account current crime victims’ impact statements as they consider cases before them and not statements filed during the offenders’ previous parole appearances.
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