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19 Dec 2008, 3:01 am
Jennifer Granholm, who will likely be guided by the Parole Board's recommendation. [read post]
3 Apr 2011, 2:07 pm by Howard Friedman
LEXIS 32385 (D UT, March 25, 2011), a Utah federal district court dismissed a series of claims by an inmate charging the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole with considering religion in making parole decisions and in favoring members of the Mormon church.In Silvagnoli v. [read post]
22 Jul 2009, 11:55 am
  The Sentencing Project calls for the elimination of sentences of life without parole, and restoring discretion to parole boards to determine suitability for release. [read post]
9 Nov 2010, 10:42 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Front-end diversion significantly affects TDCJ's population numbers, while identifying ways to notch up parole rates by just 3% for the lowest risk inmates (the majority of TDCJ inmates are already parole eligible) would free up thousands of bedsHere are just a few policy changes suggested on this blog in the past to cut Texas' number of inmates:Adjust drug sentences downward by one levelAdjust theft categories for inflationExpand funding for (much less expensive)… [read post]
6 Jun 2012, 2:16 pm by Rekha Arulanantham
On the back end, many states either abolished parole or enacted “truth-in-sentencing” laws, which prevent parole boards from releasing low-risk prisoners before they’ve served 85 percent of their (increasingly long) sentences. [read post]
10 May 2016, 3:59 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Lynch, April 25, 2016 "States Examine Policies, Conditions for Solitary Confinement in Prisons," Interim News, House Research Organization, February 17, 2016 "Darrington Seminary Graduates First Class of Ministers," Criminal Justice Connections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, May/June 2015 Statewide Criminal and Juvenile Justice Recidivism and Revocation Rates, Legislative Budget Board, February 2015 Offender Reentry: Correctional Statistics, Reintegration… [read post]
19 Jan 2008, 11:58 am
Aukerman, et al    Eastern District of Michigan at DetroitDAMON J. [read post]
2 Jan 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Bill Lee’s New Board of Parole Pick Is Suing the House Finance Chair for Slander” by Natalie Allison for The Tennessean Lobbying Illinois: “Nonprofits Get a Break from City Lobbying Rules” by A.D. [read post]
2 Jul 2013, 6:26 am by Elysia Cherry
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, July 2, 2013:The nuances of temporary layoffs in Ontario Panel to Review Up to 50 Trial Convictions Involving a Discredited Brooklyn Detective Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA) Petitions ABA to Require 15 Credits of Experiential Classes In the practicePRO Lending Library: iPad in One Hour for Litigators The Court’s Global Message on DOMA Guantanamo lawyers file lawsuit over… [read post]
21 May 2012, 11:06 am by CJLF Staff
Prison officials and the Board of Parole Hearings recommended Wade be released under  the state's compassionate-release law. [read post]
5 Sep 2009, 3:43 pm
"The budget has actually helped us," said Russ Marlan, a spokesman for the Corrections Department in Michigan, which increased its parole board by 50% this year to speed up releases. [read post]
14 Jan 2010, 11:20 am by Gritsforbreakfast
If the state "protects" probation and parole funding, of course, that leaves its prisons as the only place to make cuts if that's what state budgeters require.McReynolds wants offenders processed out of TDCJ sooner after the parole board approves their release. [read post]
20 Apr 2010, 2:01 am by Jeff Gamso
Durr's counsel after the Parole Board made its recommendation.Based on this review, I concur with the Parole Board recommendation on this matter. [read post]
23 Mar 2011, 12:56 pm by Howard Friedman
California Board of Parole Hearings, 2011 U.S. [read post]
21 Sep 2010, 2:47 pm by Howard Friedman
LEXIS 97373 (D UT, Sept. 16, 2010), a Utah inmate convicted repeat sex offenses against children argued that the Parole Board had impermissibly considered his religious beliefs and his desire to become a minister, and argued that the Parole Board gives preference to members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. [read post]
20 Nov 2012, 6:53 am by Gritsforbreakfast
"John Bradley among medical parole decisionmakersThe Houston Chronicle has an article providing perspectives on whether and/or how medical parole might be expanded in Texas. [read post]
21 Mar 2013, 1:51 pm by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
While we may not see victories across the board on the bills currently moving though statehouses across the country, the clear message is that legislators are turning away from decades of cripplingly expensive and unjustly punitive incarceration policies and looking for alternatives. [read post]