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5 Feb 2008, 8:11 am
Defendant's California conviction for grand theft from a person in violation of section 487(2) of the California Penal Code was a "violent felony" as defined in 18 U.S.C. section 924(e)(2)(B)(ii). [read post]
22 Jan 2008, 7:23 pm
And I'm trying to do everything I can to at least find a safe place so I can stay and so the community won't be so alarmed about my presence here.Tracking offenders' whereaboutsJEFFREY KAYE: It's no surprise that sex offenders are critical of Jessica's Law, but so, too, are many police officials and victims' rights advocates.SUZANNE BROWN-MCBRIDE, California Sex Offender Management Board: I can tell you that it hasn't resolved the sex offender… [read post]
16 Jan 2008, 8:24 pm
In Sealed Juvenile Records May Not Be Unsealed For Use In SVP Proceedings posted at Criminal Appeal, we get a discussion about the unsealing of juvenile records so a parole board could evaluate whether the person met the sexually violent predator civil commitment criteria. [read post]
15 Jan 2008, 1:50 pm
Mukasey, No. 06-3391 Petition for review of a denial of withholding of removal is denied over the petitioner's arguments that: 1) his convictions were not for crimes that fall within the definition of "aggravated felony"; 2) he should not have been required to provide corroborating evidence of his homosexuality; 3) the Board should have considered the pattern of persecution against homosexuals in Nigeria; and 4) his due process rights were violated when the IJ insisted on… [read post]
8 Jan 2008, 6:45 am
It was a year where the momentum in the effort to pass legislation to require law enforcement to electronically record police interrogations slowed (only North Carolina enacted legislation, although California and Rhode Island again came close). [read post]
6 Jan 2008, 5:02 am
"Routine parole decisions should be the sole responsibility of the Pardon and Parole Board," the report says. [read post]
3 Jan 2008, 1:41 am
” A logic that leads to a Q&A message board on Immigration’s Web site that has unanswered questions for over 2 years; immigration officers with English ability that is worse than most kindergarten students that many of our E-2 visa holders teach; an immigration office in Seoul that, until recently, was housed in the same building as a parole office; a Web site that has incorrect and incomplete information; holding cells that contributed to the deaths of 11… [read post]
2 Jan 2008, 7:24 am
Arnold Schwarzenegger's 15-member Sex Offender Management Board, created to help interpret and implement the law.State corrections Secretary James Tilton told the board in October that his department was removing GPS devices from 500 ex-convicts who had completed parole, despite the lifetime monitoring requirement. [read post]
2 Jan 2008, 7:17 am
However, parole agents have discretion. [read post]
31 Dec 2007, 3:28 am
However, with staffing problems unresolved, the system really must pin its hopes on increasing parole rates for low-level, non-violent offenders, which under current Board of Pardons and Parole Chair Rissie Owens have reached all-time lows. [read post]
29 Dec 2007, 12:49 pm
In California, the top three charges for entering prison are: possession of a controlled substance for sale, possession of a controlled substance and robbery. [read post]
26 Dec 2007, 8:35 am
Arnold Schwarzenegger's Sex Offender Management Board in October that his department was removing GPS devices from 500 ex-convicts who had completed parole - regardless of the lifetime monitoring requirement.And 160 more ex-parolees have been freed from monitoring since then. [read post]
22 Dec 2007, 8:48 am
California has the largest prison population in the nation, with 172,000 prisoners. [read post]
21 Dec 2007, 6:50 pm
After the California Supreme Court's 2006 decision in Dore v. [read post]
21 Dec 2007, 6:55 am
The administration, which is looking at across-the-board budget cuts to stem a budget deficit pegged as high as $14 billion, is looking for more savings by shifting lower-risk parolees into what officials describe as a "summary" parole system. [read post]
21 Dec 2007, 6:35 am
"In what may be the largest early release of inmates in U.S. history, California Gov. [read post]
21 Dec 2007, 5:18 am
Arnold Schwarzenegger's 15-member Sex Offender Management Board, created to help interpret and implement the law.State corrections Secretary James Tilton told the board in October that his department was removing GPS devices from 500 ex-convicts who had completed parole, despite the lifetime monitoring requirement. [read post]
13 Dec 2007, 7:00 am
Suzanne Brown-McBride chairs the California Sex Offender Management Board, and she told me that the Megan's Law website is a useful community tool -- but it's only one tool. [read post]
6 Dec 2007, 11:20 am
Clinton told the Parole Board to reconsider. [read post]
1 Dec 2007, 6:01 am
But in interviews and testimony to a state board, they have cited complications with almost every aspect of the provision requiring lifetime monitoring.The difficulties include the impracticality of tracking sex offenders who no longer must report to parole or probation officers, the lack of any penalty for those who refuse to cooperate with monitoring and the question of whether such widespread tracking is effective in protecting the public.The biggest issue, however, is that the… [read post]
