Sentences with phrase «parole board review»

- Reduction of the scope of prison law to cases that engage Articles 5.4 (the right to have ongoing detention reviewed) and 6 (right to a fair trial) of the European Convention on Human Rights, such as Parole Board review hearings, some sentencing matters and adjudication hearings for disciplinary matters.

A man who was 16 years old when he fatally strangled his girlfriend almost 40 years ago is entitled to a new parole board review that takes into consideration his age at the time of his crime, a divided upstate court has ruled.

The existence of measures to allow and encourage a person servicing a sentence of imprisonment for public protection imposed under the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (CJA 2003), s 225 to progress is as inherent in the justification for his continued detention as the Parole Board reviews themselves; without them detention falls to be condemned as unlawful as if there were no such reviews at all.

Thus the existence of measures to allow and encourage the IPP prisoner to progress was as inherent in the justification for his continued detention as are the Parole Board reviews themselves; and without them that detention fell to be condemned as unlawful as sure as if there were no such reviews.

Not exact matches

Clyne responded by coming up with a letter Soares had written in April to the Rhode Island Parole Review Board.

The suit argued that the parole board failed to review minutes from Bell's threatening and unrepentant sentencing statement, and also neglected to get input from victim family members opposed to parole.

The judge added that he himself reviewed Diane Piagentini's victim impact statement and Bell's sentencing remarks — and still found that the parole board had been within its discretion in voting to free Bell.

Increase bandwidth of parole board members to ensure that cases are reviewed in person and with the thoughtfulness they deserve.

restrict the right to an oral hearing in cases where the individual is seeking judicial review of a prior judicial decision, such as the decision of a bench of lay magistrates or the parole board.

This means that legal aid has been restored in three main areas: pre-tariff reviews by the Parole Board, category - A reviews and decisions on placing inmates in close supervision centres.

Advice and representation for pre-tariff reviews for life and indeterminate sentence prisoners before the Parole Board;

This means that the Court of Appeal's decision will stand and the government has confirmed that legal aid for prisoners will be restored by February 2018 in three main areas: pre-tariff reviews by the Parole Board, category - A reviews and decisions on placing inmates in close supervision centres.

Washington is one such state, though they do have an «Indeterminate Sentence Review Board» (i.e. parole board) that considers a limited set of cases (mainly those sentences before July 1 1984 when the state switched to determinate sentencBoard» (i.e. parole board) that considers a limited set of cases (mainly those sentences before July 1 1984 when the state switched to determinate sentencboard) that considers a limited set of cases (mainly those sentences before July 1 1984 when the state switched to determinate sentencing).

which judges would be guided but not bound by sentencing guidelines, in which they would impose determinate sentences not subject to adjustment by a parole board, and in which their sentences would be subject to appellate review for reasonableness and proportionality

Until the two - day judicial review hearing, very little was known about John Worboys» 10 years» in custody - and the reasons why the Parole Board granted his release.

The effect of the amendment was to eliminate the mandatory oral hearing held by the Parole Board du Canada for reviews following the suspension, termination or revocation of parole or statutory reParole Board du Canada for reviews following the suspension, termination or revocation of parole or statutory reparole or statutory release.

The duties of the parole board were not merely to review the recall decision.

Issues raised during the case included the government's refusal to fund interviews with the prisoner conducted by the Parole Board as part of the risk assessment procedure, and the making of rules by the government about the manner in which the Parole Board conducted reviews.

However, the MoJ launched a consultation last week, Reconsideration of Parole Board decisions: creating a new and open system, on a judge - led review process that would operate within the Parole Board's current structures but be «properly protected and distinct».

The proposals are the direct result of an urgent government review into the policy and procedures of Parole Board decisions, which began in January 2018.

Periodic reviews by the Parole Board — or any person or institution — only had value to the extent that they were informed by up - to - date information about the prisoner's progress.