Parole

Should the Death Penalty be Abolished? “For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists.” These words were spoken by Albert Camus, a famous philosopher in the 1900’s. The death penalty is an act of execution performed on someone who has been accused of a capital crime. The types of punishments used today are lethal injection, electrocution, gas chamber, firing squad, and hanging. Out of the fifty states in…

had faced while in custody for sex crimes. This was a crime of mens rea and actus reus because he had intentionally killed her and he plead guilty to the crime. The sentence takes his total jail term to 41 years, and means he will be eligible for parole only once he's served 39 years and nine months at the age of…

Horrendous crimes have to be committed in order to be sentenced without parole. There are currently many countries in the world that punish underage criminals without ever giving them the opportunity to be free again, such as the United States, where around 2000 young criminals are imprisoned. Athough some crimes are too atrocious to be ever forgiven, it is of fundamental importance to take into consideration that children and teenagers are not fully mentally, physically, and emotionally…

Juveniles in confinement are declining but the reasons are elusive ( NCJJ Report). There are several prospective trends in correctional facilities dealing with improving community supervision and racial disparities in the criminal justice system (Trends in U.S. Corrections). The American criminal justice system encounter the decline of juveniles being incarcerated due to certain diversion programs (NCJJ). Diversion tactics such as boot camps and community/court based diversion programs help…

it soon. Each state has varying laws regarding the legality of felon voting; from states that allow felons to vote while incarcerated, on parole, and probation to states that permanently take away a citizen’s right to vote, depending on the severity of the crime. Currently, two states allow felons to vote while in jail or serving a part of their sentence, parole, probation, etc. Those states are Maine and Vermont, where felons vote by absentee ballot if incarcerated, and by…

In the state of Tennessee, approximately 78,000 people are under some form of community supervision, which includes probation, parole, and community corrections (Tennessee Department of Corrections (TDOC), 2017). Furthermore, the probation population comprises the majority of Tennessee’s community supervision totals with a little over 58,000 offenders (TDOC, 2017). Next, parolees rank second in the community supervision population totaling 11,778 people, and community corrections supervise…

A power that every President has used since our first President George Washington called executive orders. This power is a primary use by the president, although state governors have it as one of their governing powers. Presidents have taken of advantage of this to get around congress to make laws and decision that congress doesn’t want to. Is this something that the Executive branch has too much power the answer no; it’s not because the orders work like laws being put into effect. If it’s found…

Graham to lifetime in the penitentiary with no the option of parole. Graham petitioned the court of laws verdict on the bases of cruel and unusual reprimand, a breach of the Eighth Amendment, for the reason that the offender was a juvenile when he performed the violation. In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court judged in favor of Graham proclaiming that punishing a youthful offender to life in the penitentiary short of the opportunity of parole for a non-killing offense is a breach of the…

Community Corrections is the supervision of criminal offenders in the resident population instead of incarceration. Probation and parole are the two most common types of community corrections; they are used federally in the United States and locally in all 50 states. Supervision is one role that probation and parole officers deal with; helping with that task is Global Positioning System (GPS) monitoring. Monitoring an offender using technology was developed by Harvard students, Ralph Kirkland…

Prosecutors are supposed to charge an offender under three conditions they find that a crime has been committed, a perpetrator can be identified, and there is sufficient evidence to support a guilty verdict (Bohm and Haley, 2014.) They are not supposed to charge an offender with more criminal charge or even more serious crimes that they cannot support with evidence (Bohm and Haley, 2014.) Prosecutors can choose not to charge or prosecute an offender for nine different reasons: they believe that…