Parole: minimum eligible date.

Existing law punishes specified crimes, including, among others, some forms of murder and rape, with imprisonment in the state prison for life with the possibility of parole. Existing law states that an inmate imprisoned under a life sentence shall not be paroled until they have served the greater of either 7 years or the minimum term set in their sentence. Existing law, for defendants sentenced for murder, states that specified statutory provisions granting credits to reduce the term of imprisonment shall not apply to reduce the minimum term of imprisonment before the defendant may be paroled. Existing constitutional provisions grant the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation…