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Prince was appointed to the Pardon and Parole Board in January 2023. "Mr. Prince will be a steward of justice for the people of Oklahoma," Gov. Kevin Stitt said in making the appointment.
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 ...
The Legislature in 2023 rescinded the statute requiring at least one member of each Parole Board decision panel to be a permanent member. William Morris covers courts for the Des Moines Register.
Morrissey v. Brewer, 408 U.S. 471 (1972), was a United States Supreme Court case that provided for a hearing, before a "neutral and detached" hearing body such as a parole board, to determine the factual basis for parole violations. This hearing is colloquially known as a "Morrissey hearing."
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.
The Idaho federal judge presiding over that case was forced by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to recuse herself after declining to do so based on her decades-long friendship with Bennetts.
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.
Oct. 9—It's what you do with your time that makes it matter. That sentiment is at the center of a draft bill presented to lawmakers on the Courts, Corrections and Justice Committee on Wednesday ...