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A parole board is a panel of people who decide whether an offender should be released from prison on parole after serving at least a minimum portion of their sentence as prescribed by the sentencing judge. Parole boards are used in many jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom, the United States, and New Zealand.
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
Initially known as the United States Board of Parole, [2] the board had three members and was established by legislation on May 13, 1930 as an independent board. The first chairperson was Arthur DeLacy Wood. As a result of an order of the Attorney General, the Board began reporting directly to him in August 1945.
Federal parole in the United States is a system that is implemented by the United States Parole Commission.Persons eligible for federal parole include persons convicted under civilian federal law of offenses which were committed on or before November 1, 1987, persons convicted under District of Columbia law for offenses committed before August 5, 2000, "transfer treaty" inmates, persons who ...
Susan Smith, the South Carolina mother convicted of killing her two children in 1994, was denied parole on Wednesday, Nov. 20, the Associated Press, NBC and The Washington Post report.
But Raybin, who has handled many parole cases, said the Board of Parole (BOP) usually denies parole for people serving a life sentence until at least 30 years, and often longer.
The Board is the primary authority in Georgia assigned the power to grant pardons, paroles, and other forms of clemency.Parole is the discretionary decision of the Board to release a certain offender from confinement after the offender has served an appropriate portion of a prison sentence.
A state parole board member resigned Monday after recommending the release of a man who a day later attacked a pregnant Chicago woman with a knife and fatally stabbed her 11-year-old son while he ...