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Board members function in three-person panels to grant or deny parole to inmates who are eligible for parole, set behavioral conditions for inmates released to parole by action of the board or by diminution of sentence, and hold hearings for inmates facing revocation for violating conditions of their release from incarceration. [11]
The Louisiana Parole Project, also known as The Parole Project, is a non-profit organization dedicated to parole, probation, and sentencing reform in the United States. The project advocates through parole and clemency petitions and assists formerly incarcerated people as they reenter society.
Because local sentiment made a full pardon out of the question, Alcamo took the position that Bickham's sentence should be commuted, or reduced, to a specific term of 75 years. If this were successful, it could then be possible to seek a parole date or a specific release date based on Louisiana's "good time statute," (RS 15:571.3.1).
Louisiana, a state grappling with one of the highest rates of incarceration and violent crime in the country, is on the cusp of overhauling parts of its criminal justice system as the state's GOP ...
Netflix has released a true crime drama and a documentary about the Menendez brothers' high-profile '90s trial. But both projects leave out two new pieces of evidence that were made public in 2023.
If the parole board approves their release, California Gov Gavin Newsom could still reject it. The Menendez brothers filed a motion in May 2023 detailing the new evidence in their case and asking ...
The Metropolitan Crime Commission (MCC), a pro-law enforcement organization in New Orleans, supported Sinclair's parole because of his cooperation with law enforcement; as of 2001 Sinclair was the only prisoner whom the MCC advocated for release. [1] Between 1992 and 2001 the State of Louisiana Parole Board denied parole to Sinclair six times. [1]
Lyle and Erik Menendez, now serving life in prison for the 1989 murders of their parents, could be released on parole if a judge agrees to give them a lesser sentence.