parole denied based on OCGA 42-9-42(c)

[thejude]

What is the name of your state? Georgia

my friend was recently denied parole based on the Official Code of Georgia 42-9-42(c)
.."No inmate shall be placed on parole until and unless the board shall
find that there is reasonable probability that, if he is so
released, he will live and conduct himself as a respectable and
law-abiding person and that his release will be compatible with his
own welfare and the welfare of society..."

This reference number did not exist at the time of the crime (1979) but the wording did exist in a Code with a different reference: [Part I-title IV-No. 19-Section 13]

would this be a violation of Ex Post Facto?

 

[Some Random Guy]

Ex Post Facto relates to criminal law. Congress cannot make laws to criminalize things that you have already done.

This is not a law defining a crime. It merely states the current rules by which the sentence of a person already convicted may be reduced. It defines how the Parole board acts TODAY in regards to the CURRENT evaluation of the inmate.

 

[thejude]

reference number

However, can they quote a reference number namely 42-9-42 that didn't exist in 1979?