Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

638.11 THIRD-PARTY NOTIFICATIONS. § Subdivision 1.Notice to victim; victim rights. (a) After receiving a clemency application, the commission must make all reasonable efforts to locate any victim of the applicant's crime. (b) At least 30 calendar days before the commission meetin…

638.12 TYPES OF CLEMENCY; ELIGIBILITY AND WAIVER. § Subdivision 1.Types of clemency; requirements. (a) The board may: (1) pardon a criminal conviction imposed under the laws of this state; (2) commute a criminal sentence imposed by a court of this state to time served or a lesser…

638.13 ACCESS TO RECORDS; ISSUING SUBPOENA. § Subdivision 1.Access to records. (a) Notwithstanding chapter 13 or any other law to the contrary, upon receiving a clemency application, the board or commission may request and obtain any relevant reports, data, and other information …

638.14 COMMISSION MEETINGS. § Subdivision 1.Frequency. The commission must meet at least four times each year for one or more days at each meeting to hear eligible clemency applications and recommend appropriate action to the board on each application. One or more of the meetings…

638.15 COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION. § Subdivision 1.Grounds for recommending clemency. (a) When recommending whether to grant clemency, the commission must consider any factors that the commission deems appropriate, including but not limited to: (1) the nature, seriousness, and cir…

638.16 BOARD MEETINGS. § Subdivision 1.Frequency. (a) The board must meet at least two times each year to consider and vote on clemency applications. (b) If the commission recommends that an application receive a hearing, the board must hold a hearing on the application unless al…

638.17 BOARD DECISION; NOTIFYING APPLICANT. § Subdivision 1.Board decision. (a) At each meeting, the board must render a decision on each clemency application considered at the meeting or continue the matter to a future board meeting. If the board continues consideration of an ap…

638.18 FILING COPY OF CLEMENCY; COURT ACTION. § Subdivision 1.Filing with district court. After clemency has been granted, the commission must file a copy of the pardon, commutation, or reprieve with the district court of the county in which the conviction and sentence were impos…

638.19 REAPPLYING FOR CLEMENCY. § Subdivision 1.Time-barred from reapplying; exception. (a) After the board has considered and denied a clemency application on the merits, an applicant may not file a subsequent application for five years after the date of the most recent denial. …

638.20 COMMISSION RECORD KEEPING. § Subdivision 1.Record keeping. The commission must keep a record of every application received, its recommendation on each application, and the final disposition of each application. § Subd. 2.When open to public. The commission's records and fi…

638.21 LANGUAGE ACCESS AND VICTIM SUPPORT. § Subdivision 1.Language access. The commission and the board must take reasonable steps to provide meaningful language access to applicants and victims. Applicants and victims must have language access to information, documents, and ser…

638.22 LEGISLATIVE REPORT. Beginning February 15, 2025, and every February 15 thereafter, the commission must submit a written report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over public safety, corrections…

638.23 RULEMAKING. (a) The board and commission may jointly adopt rules, including amending Minnesota Rules, chapter 6600, to: (1) enforce their powers and duties under this chapter and ensure the efficient processing of applications; and (2) establish a process for expedited rev…