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OCR: f1 AN INCREASE IN THE TIME BETWEEN PAROLE CONSIDERATION HEARINGS FROM ONE TO TWO YEARS. APPLIED RETROACTIVELY AN INsuB. STANTIAL PROCEDURAL CHANGE UTSIDE THE PURVIEW OF THE EX POST FACTO Clause The xa past facta question isn't as simple as Roller and the Fourth Circuit have made qut The Fourth Circuit wrongly equates parole eligibility in Soulh Caro- lina with parole reconsidera tion Once this equat ion made 11 but short step the conclusion the statutory change question violates post facto prohibition. short step because the equation albeit dn erroneous one puts the question squarely under the well-estabtished rule that parote eligibility substan- tive matter pue attaches the punishment Change parole eligibility retroactively and to the prisoner dis- advantage. and the prohibition against ...