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14 Jun 2012, 8:17 am
A more immediate recommendation is for states to empower parole boards to determine which aging prisoners are worth the cost of continued incarceration because they pose grave public safety threats and which are not and can be safely released. [read post]
13 Jun 2012, 12:07 pm
A more immediate recommendation is for states to empower parole boards to determine which aging prisoners are worth the cost of continued incarceration because they pose grave public safety threats and which are not and can be safely released. [read post]
12 Jun 2012, 5:03 pm
The existing parole board will cease to exist. [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]
5 Jun 2012, 7:05 pm
But in Louisiana, the system has grown so that sheriffs house a lot of inmates who are serving state sentences. [read post]
5 Jun 2012, 2:52 pm
The United States, led by the State of Louisiana, should not be the world's largest incarcerator. [read post]
4 Jun 2012, 11:48 am
Louisiana also passed HB 1026, which will allow individuals who have committed repeat low-level offenses to appear before a parole board after serving one-third of their sentences. [read post]
31 May 2012, 3:56 pm
Arthur also said the ban doesn't apply to email or Internet message boards. [read post]
30 May 2012, 5:45 pm
A proposal to merge the Pardon Board with the Parole Board was endorsed by the state Sentencing Commission and is on the verge of passing the Legislature. [read post]
25 May 2012, 6:10 pm
There was good reason to get sheriffs and district attorneys on board early. [read post]
25 May 2012, 11:56 am
This bill only gives the offender a hearing before the Parole Board, and does not guarantee they will be released from prison. [read post]
24 May 2012, 7:10 pm
Louisiana leads the nation in the percentage of its citizens serving life without parole, fueling the state’s world-leading incarceration rate. [read post]
12 May 2012, 6:38 pm
For purposes of this Section, “police officer” shall include commissioned police officers, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, marshals, deputy marshals, correctional officers, constables, wildlife enforcement agents, state park wardens, and probation and parole officers. [read post]
23 Apr 2012, 2:33 pm
Louisiana: Panel passes parole bill There are 24 states with more citizens than Louisiana, but only two with more prisoners serving sentences of life without parole. [read post]
20 Apr 2012, 1:34 am
The Arkansas parole board is considering banning registered sex offenders from using the Internet, and New York has recently distributed sex offenders' email addresses to online gaming companies which are then disabling offenders' accounts. - This is true, and yet they continue to say the laws are civil and not punitive, which is a load of BS! [read post]
9 Dec 2011, 7:02 am
Also on the agenda: HB 142: Review of Advisory Councils and Reports, including testimony from State Court Administrator Beth McLaughlin, as to which advisory councils/reports should be retained and which should be eliminated Public Defender System SJR 29: Restorative Justice Agency oversight, including the Board of Pardons and Parole & Department of Corrections Update on Legislative Finance Committee performance measures The December 16 meeting will focus on: Jail… [read post]
16 Nov 2011, 6:21 am
Bryson, a case filed directly in the Supreme Court on Monday in which the state of Louisiana contends that undocumented immigrants should not be counted in the ten-year national census for purposes of deciding how to allot seats in the U.S. [read post]
16 Sep 2011, 2:18 pm
The study also found that the state parole board is less likely to approve release at an inmate's first hearing than at later hearings, and is less than half as likely to grant parole when a victim's relatives attend the hearing. [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]
26 Jul 2011, 2:07 pm
Today, there are an estimated 4,500 crimes in federal statutes, according to a 2008 study by retired Louisiana State University law professor John Baker. [read post]
