1. The parole board felt that Harris was unlikely to offend again. 2. The situation made me feel like an applicant who is absurdly unqualified for a job-or a felon appearing before a parole board. 3. The parole board has decided that the prisoner is not yet ready for release. 4. Among the papers presented to the parole board Tuesday were affidavits and statements from five of the jurors who sentenced him to die. 5. And parole boards have become more hesitant to grant release. 6. As for violent offenders, the administration has used the parole board as a tool for managing that population. 7. At the same time, the Pataki administration has worked through the state parole board to reduce significantly the number of violent offenders who are granted parole. 8. Blaker has since been named to the state parole board. 9. Both a federal judge and a state judge recently ruled that the clemency process was constitutional, but both judges also criticized the secretive way the parole board operated. 10. A flat sentence takes away the discretion of the parole board to grant an early release from prison. |