Prison officials and judges have been reluctant to support “compassionate releases” unless an inmate is ill, dying or incapacitated by age.
Tag: Probation and Parole
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Sundiata Acoli, Black Nationalist Who Killed N.J. Trooper in ‘73, Wins Parole
Sundiata Acoli, who has dementia, will be freed to live with his daughter after serving 49 years for the death of Trooper Werner Foerster.
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The Superpredator Myth Did a Lot of Damage. Courts Are Beginning to See the Light.
We don’t need to keep everyone in prison forever.
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Chowchilla Kidnapper Granted Parole
Frederick Woods, 70, was one of three men convicted in the 1976 kidnapping in Chowchilla, Calif. The children and the bus driver escaped after being buried in a trailer for 16 hours.