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Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex, 442 U.S. 1 (1979), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that when state law requires the state to grant parole whenever a prisoner satisfies certain conditions, due process requires the state to allow the prisoner to present evidence in support of his request for parole and to furnish a written ...
In supporting evidence, Geragos has included a letter supporting the brothers’ release from prison. ... the brothers would immediately be eligible for parole under California’s youthful ...
"The final decision will be made by the judge." ... the Los Angeles District Attorney is now recommending the brothers be resentenced, and thus eligible for parole and release from prison. ...
The brothers, currently serving life without the possibility of parole, are scheduled for a status hearing to consider new evidence that the 1989 shotgun murders of their parents in their Beverly ...
Parole, also known as provisional release, supervised release, or being on paper, is a form of early release of a prison inmate where the prisoner agrees to abide by behavioral conditions, including checking-in with their designated parole officers, or else they may be rearrested and returned to prison.
A parole board consists of people qualified to make judgements about the suitability of a prisoner for return to free society. Members may be judges , psychiatrists , or criminologists , although some jurisdictions do not have written qualifications for parole board members and allow community members to serve as them.
At the heart of the bid to get the brothers free is new evidence related to the abuse. ... while in prison also factored into the decision to make them eligible for parole, Gascón said ...
They included possible evidence in a writ of habeas corpus they filed from prison last year asking the court to vacate their conviction, according to Gascón. Why is the Menendez brothers' case ...