The Supreme Court announced that it has granted certification in Krug v. New Jersey State Parole Bd. The question presented, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk’s office, is “Does it violate the Ex Post Facto Clause to apply the 1997 amendments to the 1978 Parole Act, L. 1997, c. 213, which in relevant part deleted the requirement that the Parole Board could only rely on ‘new’ information at a subsequent parole hearing, see N.J.S.A. 30:4-123.56(c), to an inmate convicted prior to those amendments?” In an unpublished per curiam opinion by a two-judge panel, the Appellate Division rejected Krug’s ex post facto clause argument and affirmed the decision of the Parole Board.
An Ex Post Facto/Parole Case for the Supreme Court
