OAR 255-032-0025
Manner of Review Hearing
(1)
The proceedings shall be governed by the procedures for records, disclosure, and notice outlined in divisions 15 and 30.(2)
At the hearing, the inmate has:(a)
The burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence the likelihood of rehabilitation within a reasonable period of time; and(b)
If the inmate is without sufficient funds to be represented by an attorney at the hearing, the Board shall appoint legal counsel. The Board will make payment to the attorney according to rules posted on the Board website: http://www.oregon.gov/boppps/.(c)
The right to a subpoena issued by the Board upon a showing of the general relevance and reasonable scope of the evidence sought, and pursuant to Board rules.(3)
The initial testimony of each witness shall not exceed ten minutes. The presiding Board member may grant the witness additional time upon a finding that further testimony is likely to be relevant to the board’s decision. The presiding Board member may exclude or limit irrelevant, immaterial or unduly repetitious testimony and evidence.(4)
Pursuant to ORS 144.120 (Initial parole hearing), the crime victims have the right to appear at the hearing, or to submit a written statement concerning the crime and the person responsible. For the purposes of these rules, victim means any person determined by the prosecuting attorney, the court, or the Board to have suffered direct financial, psychological, or physical harm as a result of a crime and, in the case of a victim who is a minor, the legal guardian of the minor. The victim may be represented by counsel or a designee of the victim’s choice. If a victim chooses to speak, his/her statement should be concluded within 15 minutes. The Board may allow the victim to exceed that period when additional time is needed.(5)
Pursuant to ORS 144.120 (Initial parole hearing), the district attorney from the committing jurisdiction has the right to appear at the hearing, or to submit a written statement concerning the crime and the inmate. The district attorney may be represented by a designee if he/she wishes. The district attorney’s statement should be concluded within 15 minutes. The Board may allow the statement to exceed that period when additional time is needed.(6)
If upon hearing all the evidence, the full Board, upon a unanimous vote of all members, or by such other vote as is specified in statute, finds that the inmate is capable of rehabilitation and that the terms of the inmate’s confinement should be changed to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole or work release, it shall convert the terms of the inmate’s confinement to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole or work release and may set a parole release date. Otherwise, the Board shall deny the relief sought in the petition. The Board’s final order granting or denying relief shall be accompanied by findings of fact and conclusions of law. The findings of fact shall consist of a concise statement of the underlying facts supporting the findings as to each contested issue of fact and as to each ultimate fact required to support the Board’s order.(7)
When an inmate has a consecutive sentence for a crime other than Aggravated Murder or Murder as described in OAR 255-032-0005 (Prison Term Hearing to Be Held), the Board shall determine the prison term for the consecutive sentences(s) pursuant to ORS 144.120 (Initial parole hearing). The prison term for the consecutive sentence(s) will not begin to run until and unless the Board orders a release date on the Aggravated Murder sentence established pursuant to ORS 163.105 (Sentencing options for aggravated murder), or the Murder sentence established pursuant to ORS 163.115 (Murder in the second degree).
Source:
Rule 255-032-0025 — Manner of Review Hearing, https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/view.action?ruleNumber=255-032-0025.