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21 Mar 2013, 1:51 pm
Oregon's bill reforming some mandatory minimums also expands the number of people eligible for alternatives to prison and allow prisoners to earn earlier release; Rhode Island and Texas are considering bills to reclassify certain minor felonies like petty theft and prostitution as misdemeanors, so that they carry lesser penalties; South Dakota passed a bill including parole reforms and reducing some drug penalties (but unfortunately leaving in place the felony crime of having drugs in your… [read post]
30 Jan 2013, 3:16 pm
Apparently, the statutory scheme dealing with criminal sex offenders was based upon a comprehensive study which envisioning a flexible form of sentencing which would provide the prisoner with rehabilitative treatment and permit the Parole Board to release him when it believed that he was no longer a danger to society. [read post]
18 Jan 2013, 6:44 am
The legislation required a comprehensive review of the state’s laws relating to sentencing and parole policies. [read post]
1 Aug 2012, 9:55 am
The crimes that Holmes is accused of make it an unpopular position to have: But in the absence of a perfect justice system, a life sentence without parole should replace the death penalty in Colorado. [read post]
8 Jun 2012, 12:12 pm
He also signed a bill that allows low-risk repeat offenders to appear before a parole board after serving one-third of their sentences. [read post]
4 Jun 2012, 11:48 am
Colorado The Colorado legislature missed one chance for meaningful sentencing reform, but the state took other steps to reduce its prison population. [read post]
11 Apr 2012, 11:09 am
While these factors contribute to a lack of consistency when dealing with probation and parole, the primary obstacle to detailing specific state protocols is that the practice of granting probation and/or parole at the state level is dependent on the discretionary powers of select individuals, such as the prosecutor, the judicial authority, and the parole board, to name just a few. [read post]
22 Sep 2011, 2:00 pm
" Chris Lobanov-Rostovsky, program manager for the Colorado Sex Offender management board, says the state is doing the best it can to provide housing and support for Colorado's 14,600 registered sex offenders. - Except going back to the self-serving legislature passing the draconian laws, that would be a major step in finding housing for these people. [read post]
15 Sep 2011, 3:33 pm
Buck’s lawyers have asked for a new sentencing hearing, citing racially-biased testimony in his original sentencing.The state’s Board of Pardons and Paroles rejected Buck’s request for a stay of execution earlier this week. [read post]
15 Sep 2011, 3:20 pm
In 1998, Colorado’s state legislature passed the Colorado Sex Offender Lifetime Supervision Act. [read post]
26 Aug 2011, 11:09 pm
Every year, the Colorado Sex Offender Management Board (SOMB) is tasked with the responsibility of reporting on the success or failure of the draconian sentencing structure the Colorado State Legislature Created in 1998. [read post]
13 Aug 2011, 7:30 pm
In Mid 2011 - the Colorado State Legislature enacted a law - House Bill 11-1064, which created a presumption, subject to the State Board of Parole, in favor of granting parole to an inmate who has reached his or her parole eligibility date and who is serving a sentence for certain drug-related crimes, provided that the offender meets other requirements specified in the bill. [read post]
13 Aug 2011, 7:30 pm
In Mid 2011 - the Colorado State Legislature enacted a law - House Bill 11-1064, which created a presumption, subject to the State Board of Parole, in favor of granting parole to an inmate who has reached his or her parole eligibility date and who is serving a sentence for certain drug-related crimes, provided that the offender meets other requirements specified in the bill. [read post]
30 Jun 2011, 4:52 am
John Hickenlooper today announced appointments to the State Board of Parole. [read post]
7 Apr 2011, 10:15 am
Fourteen jurisdictions in the United States already prohibit the sentencing of youth to life without parole or do not have any youth offenders serving the sentence: Alaska, Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Vermont, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. [read post]
3 Apr 2011, 2:07 pm
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]
29 Mar 2011, 2:42 am
3-29-2011 Oklahoma: Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board officials say data kept by the agency show parole approval ranging from 31 percent to 55 percent during the last 10 years, which contradicts a study released earlier this week by a Colorado-based research organization. [read post]
25 Feb 2011, 1:03 pm
By 2000, fifteen states and the federal government had abolished parole altogether (often under the banner of "truth in sentencing"), while twenty additional states had formally restricted its availability. [read post]
25 Feb 2011, 12:12 pm
In any event, my state-by-state breakdown of legislative developments since 2000, now updated to include 2010 information, appears below. [read post]
25 Feb 2011, 11:26 am
Porter, The Sentencing Project, The State of Sentencing 2010, at 3 (2011) [hereinafter Porter, 2010]. [6] Alison Lawrence, National Conference of State Legislatures, Cutting Corrections Costs: Earned Time Policies for State Prisoners 4 (2009). [7] National Conference of State Legislatures, State Sentencing and Corrections Legislation in 2010, at http://www.ncsl.org/? [read post]
