This ranges from people who have issues regarding factual innocence to those who want to relocate and need information regarding the laws in different states. We are also available to help when individuals are affected by new legislation such as Jessica's Law. Pardons, sealing records, reducing ...
Developing and Implementing Automated Risk Assessments in Parole This article describes the efforts undertaken during the past five years for the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles to develop a method for assessing par... Tammy,Meredith,John,... - 《Justice Research & Policy》 被引量: 44发表...
Although this history is certainly relevant, the U.S. model for carceral slavery actually predates the Jim Crow era by decades. In the first half of the 19th century, prison reform in northern free states —Pennsylvania and New Yorkin particular — promoted the idea that rehabilitation and peni...
Second, California sought to relieve crowding in its prisons, though it generally did so via back-end mechanisms such as pardons and parole, justifying these moves in part on the basis that they would make rehabilitation possible and ultimately save the state money. Finally, there were concerns ...
In due time the board of prison terms and paroles fixed his term of imprisonment at 7 1/2 years, the last two years of which were to be on parole "to the custody of the Texas authorities". When he was eligible for parole, but still in custody at San Quentin prison, an agent of ...
[Citations.] Obviously, the law pertaining to pardons, commutations and paroles has not the slightest relevancy to the issue of guilt; it is pertinent only as a fact which may be considered in selecting the penalty to be imposed; i.e., it is evidence which may be considered as relevant ...
John Balazs is an attorney in Sacramento, California, specializing in criminal defense, including appeals, habeas corpus, pardons, expungements, and civil forfeiture actions. After graduating from UCLA Law School in 1989, he clerked for Judge Harry Pregerson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...
Many of those given clemency or pardons were under age 26 at the time of their crimes, and they have since participated in rehabilitation programs, Waters said. Most of the commutations allow inmates to seek parole, but release decisions will still be made by the Board of Parole Hearings. Ne...
One of highest-profile pardons was of actor Robert Downey Jr. in 2015 for a 1996 drug conviction that sent the actor to prison for nearly a year. Many of Brown’s changes since retaking office in 2011 were spurred by court orders, but his sister, Kathleen Brown, and niece, Kathleen ...
“These kinds of high-risk sex offenders are the most dangerous kind of criminal and the most likely to re-offend,” wrote Spitzer in his public warning. “They are doing everything they can to avoid detection by the parole officers assigned to monitor them so they can potentially commit ad...