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Parole

Parole meaning

Originally, one's oath or word of honour, given as a condition of release from custody; now specifically, describing the release of a former prisoner under certain conditions, especially the promise of good behaviour. | Conditional release of a prisoner (now especially before the end of a custodial sentence), or the term or state of such release; the system governing such releases. | A word of honor, especially given by a prisoner of war, to not engage in combat if released.

Example sentences (20)

The justices ruled that because the parole statute requires Borja to serve at least six years and eight months to be eligible for parole, the six-year restriction impermissibly restricted his parole eligibility below the minimum parole prescribed by law.

This comes after Correctional Services Minister Pieter Groenewald referred the decision of the Pollsmoor Correctional Supervision and Parole Board to place Petersen on parole to the Correctional Supervision and Parole Review Board (CSPRB).

Mandel said if Praveen is granted parole, the parole board could ask Homeland Security to immediately deport him to Hyderabad or have him first serve parole in any state, the report added.

Gowen was given a life sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years, while Lord and Muir were sentenced to life with no chance of parole for 10 years.

In a last-ditch attempt to have officers transport her son to the hospital, Ba told them her son was on parole for burglary and hadn't been checking in with his parole officer - a violation.

Knoller, 67, came before the parole board Wednesday after first facing them in 2019, and as the Bay Area Reporter tells us, the board denied her parole saying she still presents a danger to society.

Muir, who admitted his role in the murders, got day parole in 2002 and was given full parole in 2003.

Stewart moved the conversation to parole, highlighting two inmates with very different parole outcomes.

When the Board of Parole Hearings affirms a panel’s recommendation for parole, an inmate automatically begins the process for release.

AD was jailed for eight years, with a five-year non-parole period while Diallo received a seven-year and six-month term, with five years non-parole.

Chambliss noted he would have been eligible for parole in 2015 if Illinois’ Youthful Parole law had been in place.

End humanitarian parole – The bill preserves the president’s authority to designate humanitarian parole on a case-by-case basis.

He was handed a non-parole period of two years and seven months, and after time already served, will become eligible for parole in November next year.

Normally, those serving life with parole eligibility can come up for parole after they serve 20 years.

Now 35-years-old, Jason Greenwell was granted parole twice before by the parole board, but Governor Gavin reversed both decisions saying Greenwell posed an unreasonable danger to society if released from prison.

Travis Vader has applied for day parole and is set to face a parole board in Abbotsford, B.C., Thursday morning.

Even after Virginia lawmakers abolished many forms of parole in the 1990s, some types of it remained available, including the possibility of parole for prisoners older than 61 and for inmates arrested before Jan.

Gang rapist Mohammed Skaf will remain behind bars for at least another five months, after the State Parole Authority refused to review its decision refusing him parole earlier this year.

He would normally be freed automatically after 20 months but was handed a life licence meaning he must he is on parole for life and can only be freed following a parole board decision.

In Arkansas, for example, a serial parole violator murdered a teenager, leading the Board of Corrections to harden the state’s parole policies and rapidly increase its prison population.