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Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles; Alaska Department of Corrections Parole Board [5]; Arizona board abolished as of 1994, duties transferred to the Community Corrections Division of the Arizona Department of Corrections
Susan Smith, in prison for the cold-blooded 1994 murders of her two young sons, is hoping to be granted parole later this month — but the parole board has been deluged with dozens of letters of ...
Section 41 of the Parole Act 2002 provides that the Parole board may, on referral by the chairperson, direct that an offender be released on compassionate release on either of the following grounds: (a) the offender has given birth to a child or (b) the offender is seriously ill and is unlikely to recover. [15]
Every U.S. state also has a parole board. The autonomy of the board from the state governor also varies; in some states the boards are more powerful than in others. In some states the board is an independent agency while in others it is a body of the department of corrections. In 44 states, the parole members are chosen by the governor.
Susan Smith's attorney, Tommy Thomas, told the parole board that the suicide of Smith's father "set the stage for some serious mental health issues," listing "postpartum depression" as an example.
A victim impact statement is a written or oral statement made as part of the judicial legal process, which allows crime victims the opportunity to speak during the sentencing of the convicted person or at subsequent parole hearings.
A racist thug who murdered black teenager Anthony Walker is to be released from jail after a recommendation by the Parole Board. Michael Barton, the brother of former Premiership footballer Joey ...
United States law professor Daniel Medwed says convicts who go before a parole board maintaining their innocence are caught in a catch-22 that he calls "the innocent prisoner’s dilemma". [1] A false admission of guilt and remorse by an innocent person at a parole hearing may prevent a later investigation proving their innocence.