Sentences with phrase «for early parole»

When he was sentenced, accelerated parole provisions of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act allowed for early parole after serving one - sixth of the sentence.

He's in love with his former high - school teacher, Carol (Edie Falco), his biggest advocate throughout his prison years — and likely the reason for his early parole.

Not exact matches

They have been discussing the case of 62 - year - old Alice Marie Johnson, who has been serving a life sentence without parole for her role facilitating communications for a cocaine ring in the early 1990s.

Clark was made eligible for parole by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who commuted her sentence earlier this year.

Even though the state parole board had denied him parole 4 months earlier and he wasn't eligible to reapply for another year.

A three - member panel of the State Parole Board has turned down a disgraced former city detective's bid for early release.

Clark's sentence had been commuted by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, making her eligible for parole earlier this year.

Now Brown is championing Prop 57, which would let judges, not prosecutors, decide whether to try juveniles as adults and make it easier for nonviolent felons to earn parole or early release through good behavior and taking part in rehabilitation programs.

Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Zugibe said he plans to fight the early parole of Clark — who helped plan the heist, participated in the robbery and «reached for her weapon when cornered by police after trying to escape.»

Cuomo said that by offering Clark an early shot at parole the state has «taken one more step toward a more just, more fair and more compassionate New York for all.»

Sweeney's attack took place just weeks after coming out of his parole period for an earlier child sex offence.

Many inmates are already released early from their prison terms, whether through parole or for good behavior.

So when a policewoman (Sidne Anderson) shows up and asks him to come down to the station and reveals that his parent's killer is getting out of prison early on parole, his recluse desperation clicks with us as fresh - born necessity clicks on for him.

Criminal Law: Pre-Sentence Credit R. v. Carvery (N.S.C.A., Oct. 3, 2012)(35115) Ineligibility for early release / parole may justify pre-sentence credit under the Truth in Sentencing Act.

Now, the 33 - year - old Flynn, who will be eligible for parole in 2018, is asking a New Hampshire judge to reduce his sentence and open the door to his earlier release.

However, in R. v. Summers 2014 SCC 26 (April 11, 2014), the Court corrected such untruthful use of «untruth» in legislation by approving the use of such enhanced credit because of lost opportunity for early release and parole due to time spent in PSC not being taken into account.

Mack, 38, was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years on Feb. 22, 2008, after a jury earlier found him guilty of first - degree murder for the 2002 slaying of fellow DJ Robert Levoir, 25.

Today, in the case of Canada (Attorney General) v. Whaling, 2014 SCC 20, the Supreme Court of Canada pushed back against one small element of the government's «tough on crime» agenda, namely, the retroactive abolition of early parole for offenders already serving their sentences.

R. v. Carvery, 2012 NSCA 107 (35115) Ineligibility for early release / parole may justify pre-sentence credit under the Truth in Sentencing Act.

The narrow issue before the Supreme Court was the meaning of the term «circumstances» and whether the lost opportunity for early release and parole in pre-sentence detention can be such a circumstance, capable of justifying enhanced credit at a rate of 1.5:1