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  2. United States federal probation and supervised release

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    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.

  3. Lifetime probation - Wikipedia

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    Generally, probation refers to community-based supervision directly ordered by the court for the significant object of fulfilling incarcerated sentence. On the other hand, parole is defined as periodical conditional release from the prison in the community to be supervised as for well-being and rehabilitation.

  4. Federal parole in the United States - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Life imprisonment in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This means that criminals given a determinate life sentence will typically die in prison, without ever being released. If a life without parole sentence is imposed, executive branch government officials (usually the state governor) may have the power to grant a pardon, or to commute a sentence to time served, effectively ending the sentence early.

  6. What to know about parole, truth in sentencing and when ...

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    Only about 8% of Wisconsin's roughly 20,000 prisoners in custody today were sentenced under the old parole system. What to know about parole, truth in sentencing and when people can get out of ...

  7. Parole - Wikipedia

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    Until 2001, parole in Israel was possible only after the prisoner had served two thirds of their sentence. On 13 February 2001, the Knesset passed a bill, brought forward by Reuven Rivlin and David Libai, which allowed the early release of prisoners who had served half of their prison term (the so-called "Deri Law" [16]). The law was originally ...

  8. Prisoners fight Tennessee's confusing life sentence laws ...

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    Until somewhat recently, a life sentence was presumed to mean a person spent their life in prison unless they were granted parole. But after a legal shake-up in recent years, Tennessee courts have ...

  9. United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines - Wikipedia

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    This refers to sentencing whose actual limits are determined at the time the sentence is imposed, as opposed to indeterminate sentencing, in which a sentence with a maximum (and, perhaps, a minimum) is pronounced but the actual amount of time served in prison is determined by a parole commission or similar administrative body after the person ...