Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 515 - Pardon and Parole Board
Chapter 15 - Commutation Procedures
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
Section 515:15-1-2 - Definitions
The following words and terms when used in this Chapter shall have the following meaning unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Administrative office" means the current main office for the Board, the address of which shall be posted to the Board's public website.
"Adverse decision" means a denial by the Board for commutation, a denial by the Board for parole, or an effective denial for submitting a falsified commutation application in accordance with this Chapter.
"Application review" means the process conducted by the administrative staff of the Board to determine the completeness of the application.
"Board" means Pardon and Parole Board.
"Commutation" means a reduction in the incarceration term of a sentence, or the changing of an indefinite incarceration term to a definite incarceration term.
"Commutation application" means the form approved by the Board for the consideration of a commutation.
"Complete application" means an application in which all sections of the application have been determined to be complete.
"Confirmation number" means a tracking number assigned by the Board to identify those persons who wish to appear before the Board in support or in protest of an Inmate's commutation application.
"Delegate" means a person that appears before the Board on behalf of the Inmate.
"Executive Director" means the Executive Director of the Board.
"Illegible application" means a handwritten application in which the handwriting cannot be read as determined by the Executive Director or an assigned designee.
"Incomplete application" means an application that is lacking a part, parts, or all of a section or sections or the Inmate did not sufficiently answer all questions as determined by the Executive Director or an assigned designee as required in the commutation application instructions.
"Initial Review" means a Stage One review of the application by the Board to determine if the application warrants additional investigation and further study.
"Inmate" means an applicant who is in the physical custody of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections.
"Jacket review" means a review by the Board of a complete application.
"Legal representative for the Inmate" means a person or persons who is licensed to practice law and appointed or authorized to represent the Inmate.
"Personal appearance" means an appearance by the Inmate before the Board via videoconferencing.
"Petition for reconsideration" means a formal request that the Board reconsider an Inmate's commutation application.
"Receipt" means the date on which the application is determined to be complete and is date stamped as received. "Stage Two review" means a second review of a commutation application by the Board and includes a personal appearance.
"Trial Official" means the current elected judge of the court where the conviction was had, the current elected district attorney of the jurisdiction where the conviction was had, or the chief or head administrative officer of the arresting law enforcement agency.
"Victim" means any person against whom the criminal offense or delinquent act is committed or who is directly and proximately harmed by the commission of the offense or act.
"Victim representative" means a person who is a member of the immediate family of the Victim, including stepparents, stepbrothers, stepsisters, and stepchildren; or it means a representative that the victim chooses to speak on his or her behalf.
