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parole
parole , in criminal law, release from prison of a convict before the expiration of his term on condition that his activities be restricted and that he report regularly to an officer. The convict generally remains under sentence, and the restrictions (as of residence, occupation, type of associates) and the supervision are intended to prevent a relapse into crime. Any violation of parole may result in return to imprisonment. The procedure of parole is regulated by statute in the jurisdictions of the United States. It is less often administered directly by the executive than it is by a board or officer with the power to release a convict after he has served the minimum of an indeterminate sentence . Parole is designed to give the prisoner a chance to readjust and to expedite the process of rehabilitation. In military law, a parole is the promise by a prisoner of war on being released from confinement that he will remain in a stipulated place, not attempt to escape, and not take up arms again in the current hostilities against the forces that captured him.
Bibliography: See studies by G. Cavender (1982) and H. E. Allen (1985).
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Gone Without a Trace Jail authorities are finding it difficult to handle situations wherein prisoners secure parole or probation and then vanish into thin air
Newspaper article from: India Today; 2/5/2007; ; 514 words
; ...outrage. However, for convicts in Madhya Pradesh, getting a parole and vanishing into thin...out of a total of 153 convicts released on parole from the eight central...Temporary release of a convict on parole is an established legal...
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2,500 CONVICTS IN U.S. RELEASED WEEKLY JUSTICE STUDY ALSO FINDS 3% OF ADULT POPULATION IN PRISON, ON PROBATION OR PAROLE AT END OF 1996.(News/National/International)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 8/15/1997; 371 words
; ...WASHINGTON -- Every week about 2,500 convicted prisoners are released on parole or probation, a Justice Department...55 percent of whom had been convicted of a felony. More than 700,000 former inmates were on parole, almost all of whom had been...
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IN THESE TWO MURDER CASES, PAROLE WAS NO OFFENSE.(LOCAL)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 1/15/2002; 700+ words
; ...Horton, a murder convict paroled in Massachusetts...be considered for parole because they were convicted before January 1995, when parole laws still existed...crimes. In these two parole cases, both men were convicted of murder. But the...
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Parole, probation rates lowest here: Official says cautious parole board may be one reason
Newspaper article from: Charleston Daily Mail; 8/18/1998; ; 635 words
; ...Virginia has the lowest rate of men and women on probation or parole, according to a recent study by the U.S. Department of...Let's Make a Deal." There were 894 West Virginians on parole and 6,149 on probation in 1997, an increase over the 1996...year 0.5 percent of all West Virginians were on either ...
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State revamping parole rules
Newspaper article from: Wyoming Tribune-Eagle; 6/7/2008; ; 486 words
; ...earlier this week, the state Parole Board worked through proposed...director of the Wyoming Board of Parole on Friday. As discussed by...the new rules would allow convicts to continue to accrue 10...month of good time while on parole as they do while incarcerated...said. And the majority of ...
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Jailhouse Break As a convict in a rape case jumps parole and remains untraceable, the focus shifts to his father, a senior police officer
Newspaper article from: India Today; 1/29/2007; ; 519 words
; ...in March last year. The conviction was handed out in nine sittings...Last November he was out on parole, but now, days after he...2006 seeking extension of parole for his son, Bitti, he was...me, and an extension of parole is not granted either...stood surety for his son. On parole, Bitti ...
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MANDATORY PAROLE URGED FOR SEX-CRIME CONVICTS HOUSE COMMITTEE ENDORSES BILL TO CLOSE LOOPHOLE IN STATE LAW
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News; 2/13/2002; ; 263 words
; Parole should be mandatory for people convicted of sex crimes in Colorado...for debate, would make parole mandatory for all sex offenders convicted on or after July 1, 2002...ruled that the length of parole given to convicted child molester Vance Martin...
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Tylenol convict up for parole
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 8/22/1989; ; 265 words
; A federal parole board will decide in three...been imprisoned since being convicted of extortion in a Tylenol...Valukas urged rejection of parole for Lewis, convicted in 1984 of trying to extort...January, 1988, a Philadelphia parole commission ruled Lewis would be eligible for parole ...
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10 per cent drop in convicts out on parole
Newspaper article from: Evening News - Scotland; 5/31/2002; 191 words
; THE number of prisoners released on parole fell by nearly ten per cent last year, new figures have revealed. The Parole Board's annual report for 2001 shows 340 prisoners were released on parole last year, down from 374 in 2000. A total of 647 cases...
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In These Two Murder Cases, Parole Was No Offense
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/13/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...inmates as the "No Parole" Board -- would...haste in freeing convicted criminals. Why...Horton, a murder convict paroled in Massachusetts...considered for parole because they were convicted before January 1995 when parole laws were still...
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Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
parole pəˈrōl n. 1. historical a promise or undertaking given by a prisoner...to escape or, if released, to return to custody under stated conditions: I took their paroles of honor | a good many French officers had been living on parole in Melrose. 2. the release of a prisoner temporarily ...
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Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
parole word of honour XVII; password used by an officer or inspector of the guard XVIII. — (O)F. parole word, in the sense ‘formal promise, engagement’:- Rom. * paraula :— L. parabola PARABLE .
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