Section 3049.5 Of Article 3. Paroles From California Penal Code >> Title 1. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 8. >> Article 3.
3049.5
. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3049, any
prisoner selected for inclusion in a specific research program
approved by the Board of Corrections may be paroled upon completion
of the diagnostic study provided for in Section 5079. The number of
prisoners released in any year under this provision shall not exceed
5 percent of the total number of all prisoners released in the
preceding year.
This section shall not apply to a prisoner who, while committing
the offense for which he has been imprisoned, physically attacked any
person by any means. A threat of attack is not a physical attack for
the purposes of this section unless such threat was accompanied by
an attempt to inflict physical harm upon some person.