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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 ...
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 ...
New district attorney could have impact on case. Politics could play a role in the fate of the brothers. The path to freedom would be much smoother with the support of the county prosecutor's office.
But last month parole officials concluded that Stephanie Lazarus, the former detective who was sentenced to 27 years to life in prison, is eligible for parole. And Rasmussen’s relatives are ...
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.
The life cycle of federal supervision for a defendant. United States federal probation and supervised release are imposed at sentencing. The difference between probation and supervised release is that the former is imposed as a substitute for imprisonment, [1] or in addition to home detention, [2] while the latter is imposed in addition to imprisonment.
The "United States Parole Commission Extension and Sentencing Commission Authority Act of 2005", Pub. L. No. 109-76, 119 Stat. 2035, extended the life of the USPC until November 2008. The "United States Parole Commission Extension Act of 2008", Pub. L. No. 110-312, 122 Stat. 3013, extended the life of the USPC until November 2011.
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 ...