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23 Jan 2009, 3:33 am
The biggest savings would be achieved by reducing the parole
board's authority to keep convicts behind bars long after they
have served their minimum sentences. [read post]
19 Jan 2009, 4:26 pm
California simply can't afford to pay more to be less safe. [read post]
15 Jan 2009, 11:54 pm
"It is almost geo-spatially impossible to house a sex offender in San Francisco," said Suzanne Brown-McBride, who chairs the California Sex Offender Management Board. [read post]
14 Jan 2009, 10:10 am
The Los Angeles Times has this article, headlined "There's no evidence Jessica's Law works, California officials say," reporting on the apparent inefficacy of residency restrictions for sex offenders in California. [read post]
12 Jan 2009, 2:50 am
He'd also like to
see prison food services privatized, and to remove
political appointees from parole boards, because
career employees are more likely to grant parole. [read post]
6 Jan 2009, 10:43 am
On April 25, 2007, the California Supreme Court granted Singler's petition for review and transferred the matter to this court, with directions to vacate our denial of the petition and to order the Board to show cause why it "did not abuse its discretion and violate due process in finding petitioner unsuitable for parole in June 2006, and why petitioner remains a danger to public safety. [read post]
19 Dec 2008, 7:43 am
View the article here Video is available at the site, and below. 12/18/2008 SACRAMENTO - The California Sex Offender Management Board released a report Thursday that shows a dramatic increase in homelessness among sex offenders on parole. [read post]
17 Dec 2008, 7:16 pm
Mukasey, No. 051329, 051851 Petition to review decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals finding petitioner deportable as an aggravated felon is denied in part and dismissed over claims of error that: 1) petitioner had in ineffective counsel, based on his counsel's decision to concede deportability for petitioner's conviction for reckless endangerment; and 2) reckless endangerment is not a "crime of violence" and thus could not have formed the basis of… [read post]
12 Dec 2008, 2:27 pm
The ominous warning from
Margaret Smith, chairwoman of the state Clemency
and Pardons Board, came as the board voted 4-0 to
recommend clemency for Dozier, who has been in
prison since 1994 after becoming one of the state's
first three-strikes felons to be sentenced to life without
parole, reports the Seattle Times. [read post]
28 Nov 2008, 4:49 pm
Puente was sentenced to life without parole. [read post]
21 Nov 2008, 4:25 am
The California Sex Offender Management Board will work with local communities in identifying places parolees can actually live. [read post]
24 Oct 2008, 10:31 am
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20 Oct 2008, 6:46 pm
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. [read post]
20 Oct 2008, 7:23 am
Nevertheless, parole boards in California repeatedly deny parole for eligible prisoners based on their own findings that the crime was heinous, atrocious, or cruel-in some cases, even when the jury has explicitly found otherwise. [read post]
14 Oct 2008, 3:20 pm
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. [read post]
14 Oct 2008, 11:44 am
The Ohio Board of Parole and Gov. [read post]
13 Oct 2008, 12:37 pm
Some related posts on technocorrections: Is the future parole with GPS and other techno-reentry devices? [read post]
7 Oct 2008, 12:55 pm
I focus on one specific example of this larger phenomenon: the California parole board's practice of resentencing parole-eligible crimes into parole-ineligible ones, based on findings of fact it makes by the "some evidence" standard of proof. [read post]
23 Sep 2008, 3:18 am
In California, where Gov. [read post]
8 Sep 2008, 3:44 am
The 4 to 3 ruling provides meaningful judicial review of parole decisions by the Board of Parole Hearings and the governor, and could affect nearly 1,000 parole cases now on appeal. [read post]
