1.   Although he had a clean record in prison, the Pataki administration had been tightening its standards for releasing violent criminals on parole.

2.   He predicts that without changes, the federal system will be like the state system where violent criminals must be released to make room for others.

3.   If all criminals except the very worst were released, there would be only one person in prison.

4.   Known criminals are released every day because the evidence is tainted or the police had no warrant, Teson said.

5.   Most of these laws allow victims or their families to make statements to the court, receive restitution and be notified when a criminal is released from jail.

6.   Part of the money was used to furnish experts to encourage parole commissioners to release more criminals earlier.

7.   Palestinians deny that releasing common criminals was part of the bargain.

8.   The Immigration and Naturalization Service denied that dangerous criminals would be released.

9.   The state was pilloried as a place with a polluted Boston Harbor and a work-release program that released dangerous criminals.

10.   To fight the gangs, parole boards are now obliged to take gang membership into account when releasing criminals.