Peletier was granted a full hearing in 2009 before the U. S. Parole Commission following which his parole request was denied. His next scheduled hearing is in 2024- much too soon.

Parole was abolished for federal convicts in 1987, but Peletier remains eligible because he was convicted before then.

Blake Nicholson, Associated Press, August 21, 2009. Reported in Newsday.