40-22-109 - Parole or recommendation of pardon. - Tennessee Statutes

40-22-109. Parole or recommendation of pardon.

When it satisfactorily appears to the board of probation and parole that a prisoner, whose sentence has been suspended as provided in § 40-22-102, has led an exemplary life and behaved in a manner and for a period of time that leads the board to believe that the prisoner is reliable and trustworthy and that the prisoner will probably remain at liberty without violating the law, and the prisoner's final release is not incompatible with the welfare of society, the board may, in its discretion, parole the prisoner for a period of time as it deems best, or it may recommend to the governor that the governor grant the prisoner a pardon and final discharge.

[Acts 1915, ch. 135, § 3; Shan., § 7230a8; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 42; Code 1932, § 11828; Acts 1979, ch. 359, § 31; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-3009; Acts 1998, ch. 1049, § 20.]