Parole

Life without Parole for juveniles has always been a touchy subject. Juveniles give up the right of being a child when they take another life. They decided who got to live and who didn't. That isn't the act of innocent child and should not be treated as such. Nobody has the right to kill someone unless it is self defence. That they are too young to understand by locking them up we are taking their second chance away but did the victim get a second chance? No, they did not so why should the…

Release from Incarceration Inmates being released from incarceration and put back into the community can be a challenging stage for the inmate. The inmate could be released on parole and serve the rest of his time with good behavior or he can violate his parole, and have it revoked. The inmates are also offered programs that would help them transition back into the community more successfully. When an inmate is transitioning back into the community, they are basically changing all of their…

the justice system. There was a panel of five men who each had a different stand point of the justice system and how minors should be tried in the court of law. Rodney Roberts went more of the philosophical way, making me realize that life without parole is a ridiculous punishment for a minor and the decision to incarcerate someone that long cannot be justified by their moral standard. Jon Sorensen had many statistics that I found interesting such as the rate of incarceration remained stable…

hard as I could I closed my eyes and tried to imagine myself in the internship of a law office and it didn’t seem to compliment me well. With the sirens and the inability to have children, but still serving in law enforcement I realized that being a parole officer wouldn’t be bad after all. I was able to give support for further life events, protection from danger to and or from the offender, and appropriately suggest routines to prevent unpleasant behaviors or in other words rehabilitation.…

performed by probation and parole officers are often quite similar, and some jurisdictions combine the roles of both into one job. One of the biggest challenges that probation and parole officers face is the need to balance two conflicting sets of duties such as provide social work services and handle custodial responsibilities. The second challenge of probation and parole officers is large caseloads that are assigned to them. The major sources of stress for probation and parole officers…

Chapter 34 I put the story of Danny Padgitt parole hearing in the Times newspaper and sent it to all to the people that was there. After I did I got a letter from the guy I got into an argument sent me a very angry letter. I told Harry Rex about it and he told me the guy wasn't going to do anything. Miss Callie and I had lunch this week and she told me she was going on a diet to help her body out. I showed her the two letters I got from Sam. He in Canada taking college classes and Miss Callie…

On another note in 2010 in the article “Flint Teen Gets Life In Prison Without Parole In First-Of-Its Kind Juvenile Sentencing Hearing” 33-year-old pizza delivery man was murdered by a 16-year-old boy, says Mlive.com. The boy was sentenced to life in prison without parole, not because of him being male but because they had don't research on this juvenile. The court had found out that he had attended 9-10 different schools and was suspended a total of 14 times for fighting other students. His…

Life without Parole Violates Juveniles’ Rights In a 5-4 decision the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that life without parole for juvenile offenders convicted of homicide is cruel and unusual punishment. The Eighth Amendment states “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted” (U.S. Constitution, 1787). Alabama and Arkansas are two states whose court decisions were overturned due to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling. The Eighth Amendment…

Recently, I was a page for the Oklahoma State Senate and was able to sit in on many committee meetings, floor sessions, and read over the new bills. One of the bills that caught my eye was the Parole of Aging Prisoners Act. This new act would allow prisoners over the age of 70 to be released from jail on parole. Now, of course there would be limits on who would be able to be let out. Serious crime convicts like murder and sexual assault charges would not be released. Even though this may be a…

punishment for a variety of crimes. Life without Parole is an alternative to the Death Penalty. In every state that retains the death penalty, jurors have the option of sentencing convicted capital murderers to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Unlike the death penalty, a sentence of Life without Parole also allows mistakes to be corrected. According to the California Governor's Office, only seven people sentenced to life without parole have been released since the state provided…