Rivas-Valles v. Board of Parole & Post-Prison Supervision

In 1990, petitioner was convicted of aggravated murder, ORS 163.095, and was sentenced to life imprisonment with a 30-year minimum term without the possibility of parole or work release and a 20-year minimum period before he could seek parole review.1 ORS 163.105. In 2011, the Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision (board) conducted a murder review hearing pursuant to ORS 163.105(2).2 The board concluded that petitioner failed to carry his burden of proving that he was likely to be rehabilitated in a reasonable period of time. Accordingly, it denied petitioner’s request to convert his…