Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§952 Parole
Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 48 — MILITARY CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES › § 952
Summary
The Secretary may create parole for military inmates who were under that Secretary's authority when the offense occurred; for life sentences, only the President or Secretary may grant parole on appeal, with no delegation.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §952
Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)The Secretary concerned may provide a system of parole for offenders who are confined in military correctional facilities and who were at the time of commission of their offenses subject to the authority of that Secretary.
(b)In a case in which parole for an offender serving a sentence of confinement for life is denied, only the President or the Secretary concerned may grant the offender parole on appeal of that denial. The authority to grant parole on appeal in such a case may not be delegated.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1997—Pub. L. 105–85 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1997 Amendment Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title V, § 582(b), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1760, provided that: “Subsection (b) of section 952 of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), shall apply only with respect to any decision to deny parole made after the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 18, 1997].”
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 952
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102