Fletcher v. Williams

Section 3 — 3—5(f) of the Unified Code of Corrections formerly required the Illinois Prisoner Review Board, after initially denying a prisoner parole, to schedule a parole hearing for the prisoner every year. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 1003 — 3—5®. That section, as amended, now permits the Board to schedule a prisoner’s next parole hearing at an interval of up to three years "if the Board finds that it is not reasonable to expect that parole would be granted at a hearing prior to the scheduled rehearing date.” 730 ILCS 5/3 — 3—5(f) (West 1996).

At issue is whether amended Corrections…