Quotes About Parole

a pardon did not mean a simple return to society, it meant entry to another penal regime, that of conditional liberty (libertad vigilada) – an exceptionally punitive form of parole via which the regime's control was extended further.

During our travels, the Indians entertained me well; and their affection for me was so great, that they utterly refused to leave me there with the others, although the Governor offered them one hundred pounds sterling for me, on purpose to give me a parole to go home.

I don't understand the problem with paroling Charles Manson? I say set him free and let him get on with his work. I have a long list of celebrities I'd be glad to share with him.

But these same poor benighted pedophiles were required by the parole board to live within those same city limits. Because twenty-five hundred feet is, when you think about it, a relatively long distance, it turned out that there was only one place where these people could live that satisfied both requirements—underneath the Julia Tuttle Causeway, on a spoil island halfway between

But these same poor benighted pedophiles were required by the parole board to live within those same city limits. Because twenty-five hundred feet is, when you think about it, a relatively long distance, it turned out that there was only one place where these people could live that satisfied both requirements—underneath the Julia Tuttle Causeway, on a spoil island halfway between Miami and Miami Beach.

and found me suitable for parole. Almost immediately, the San Diego DA wrote the governor's office appealing the finding of suitability. The DA argued that I still posed a significant risk to public safety. The victim's family were also strongly opposed to my being released. It was eighteen months later before we had a second hearing.

Based on our findings, we feel that Mr. Pierce would no longer pose an unreasonable risk to society, and we do find him suitable for parole." I shook Keith Watley's hand, but I wasn't about to celebrate. He'd already explained to me that there's another 120-day waiting period.

parole hearing. I wasn't expecting to go free anytime soon. Actually, I was bracing myself for a denial. I figured I'd get the news in the mail saying that Governor Jerry Brown had overturned my suitability and I would need to come before the board in another five or seven years.

Mr. Pierce, you're going home tomorrow." "Are you serious?" She explained that Governor Brown had signed the order officially granting me parole: January 8, 2016, was my release date.

If you happen to appear before a parole board just before a break rather than just after one, you'll likely spend a few more years in jail—not because of the facts of the case but because of the time of day.

Too often, we see violent criminals return to the streets they have previously terrorized, only to commit more violent crimes.

and what's in it," Paul said. His eyes narrowed. "After what he did to Isabel and Merrie, I'll be at every damned parole hearing he gets for the rest of my life." "So will they, I imagine," Cash said. "The difference is that he won't have money to buy high-powered attorneys." "Poetic justice.

There is nothing anyone can do anyway. The public has no power. The government knows I'm not a criminal. The parole board knows I'm not a criminal. The judge knows I'm not a criminal.

Since most law-abiding citizens had no contact with the parole system, it was not a priority with the state legislatures. And since most of the state's prisoners were either poor or black, and unable to use the system to their advantage, it was easy to hit them with harsh sentences and keep them locked up. But for an inmate with a few connections and some cash, the parole system was a marvelous labyrinth of contradictory laws that allowed the Parole Board to pass out favors.

For writers, handing a manuscript off to an editor is like walking into a parole hearing. You've done the time but wonder if it's going to satisfy the judge.

The Research Council concluded, "Most studies estimate the crime-reducing effect of incarceration to be small and some report that the size of the effect diminishes with the scale of incarceration." The study emphasizes as a major point that the crime rate is not what influences the incarceration rate. Instead, "the incarceration rate is the outcome of policies affecting who goes to prison and for how long and of policies affecting parole revocation.

Further, more African Americans today are under criminal justice supervision—either in prison, on parole or probation—than were enslaved 10 years before the Civil War (Alexander 2012

McCann had recommended the maximum sentence possible for each count and Judge Gram obliged, factoring in an additional one hundred and fifty years for being a habitual criminal. Jeff received a sentence of 936 years. He would not be eligible for parole until the year 2928. It was a ridiculous sentence, but the gallery burst into spontaneous applause and shouts of joy as court was adjourned.