Help for MA Parole Board's new workload on life sentences sought
WEB1 day ago · Applied retroactively, 160 incarcerated people became immediately eligible for parole with that ruling, a spokesperson for the Parole Board said in response to a News Service inquiry.
Parole Board's Work In Spotlight Following Sentencing Ruling
WEB4 days ago · And in the process, it dropped a heavy workload on the Parole Board that some elected officials believe requires legislative intervention. The high court ruled in January that it was a cruel or unusual punishment to impose a life sentence on certain emerging adults -- those who were 18 to 20 years old when they committed their offense.
Alabama has stopped nearly all paroles: Explaining the Leigh …
WEBJan 17, 2024 · Gwathney votes against nearly everyone whose case comes before the all-powerful parole board, a board that today serves as the cap on the shaken-up bottle that is the state’s troubled,...
Massachusetts Parole Board | Mass.gov
WEBThe Parole Board’s mission is to promote public safety through supervised, conditional release of inmates to the community, so that a successful transition from confinement to discharge from parole provides a basis for continued responsible conduct.
What happens now that Massachusetts has banned life without parole …
WEBJan 17, 2024 · Prison advocates, attorneys and state officials are gearing up to help the estimated 200 prisoners now eligible for parole since a landmark decision last week by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court raised the minimum age to 21 before people could be sentenced to life without parole.
No Release: Parole grant rates have plummeted in most states …
WEBOct 16, 2023 · For months, their three-person parole board operated with just two members despite requiring a majority vote to grant parole. It is no wonder that Alabama is on track to have a parole grant rate — the percent of …
Workload feeds into talk over parole board shakeup - WWLP
WEBJun 21, 2023 · BOSTON, Mass. (SHNS)–The Parole Board’s heavy workload generated discussion at a Governor’s Council hearing Wednesday, spurring talk of expanding the board from seven to nine members and adding...
Convicted killer to remain in prison after Gov. Newsom's office ...
WEBMar 9, 2024 · Convicted killer to remain in prison after Gov. Newsom's office reverses parole board decision By NBC Bay Area staff • Published March 9, 2024 • Updated on March 11, 2024 at 8:30 am NBC ...
Life without parole: How the board works — and doesn't - NPR
WEBApr 7, 2023 · After serving 25 years behind bars for killing his summer camp roommate, Eric Kane, Wideman went before a parole board in Arizona for the first time.
Illinois parole board member, chair resign after 11-year-old ... - ABC News
WEBMar 26, 2024 · The Illinois parole board chair and a member who oversaw the parole hearing for Crosetti Brand -- who is accused of stabbing an-ex-girlfriend and killing her 11-year-old son -- have stepped down from their roles, Illinois Gov. JB …