Sentence examples for use of parole from inspiring English sources

The use of parole has been expanded in Louisiana and Mississippi.

States restricted the use of parole and governors who feared being portrayed as soft on crime began to deny virtually all clemency requests.

Through vigorous job placement programs and prudent use of parole, state officials say they have cut the prison population by 7,500, or about 15 percent, over the last four years, yielding more than $200 million in annual savings.

Increasing the use of parole and community service and speeding the progress of cases through the criminal justice system are essential to improve the health of all prisoners, and to ensure fairer justice for all.

(S/NF) Use of parole for a walk-in may be warranted in extraordinary cases, such as when no other resolution appears feasible and a walk-in is of special interest to the United States, when a walk-in is in immediate danger, or when the case is politically sensitive.

Among the specific reasons for the continued growth in the prison population, Mr. Horn and other experts said, are longer sentences, reduced use of parole, increased arrests of parole violators, sending them back to prison, and improved efficiency by the police in solving crimes as there are fewer crimes to solve.

To the Editor: Re "A New Standard of Decency" (editorial, May 18): By limiting the use of life without parole for juvenile offenders, the Supreme Court has acknowledged what all parents know: adolescents are not just little adults.

The plants weighed a total of 2.85lb, which placed the haul above the threshold of possessing 2.2lb of the drug that, in conjunction with certain prior felony convictions, triggers the use of life without parole as the mandatory sentence under Alabama law.

Jody has coordinated the national advocacy campaign leading up to and following three U.S Supreme Court rulings that limit the use of life without parole for children.

The United States is alone in the world in making routine use of life-without-parole sentences for juvenile offenders.

The Mayor, who has long pushed for the abolition of parole, used the case to assail the system and questioned why Mr. Johnson was not taken back into custody in June when he was arrested for fare-beating in Times Square.