Sentences with phrase «members of the parole»
The members of the Parole Board who made this decision should be removed immediately.»
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But the Virginia parole board and its counterparts across America took careful note of the signs of the times — board members are political appointees — and dramatically cut back the number of discretionary discharges.
One of those members, Maria Alyokhina, 24, began her hunger strike after being barred from attending her own parole hearing recently.
Family support, being married or having a partner, living with a family member, and being a parent were not associated with parole adjustment or with the likelihood of returning to prison.
Members of the state Parole Board are nominated by the governor and confirmed by the state Senate.
Republicans have previously vowed to commit to a stronger vetting process for the members of the state Parole Board, who the governor nominates and the Senate confirms.
The terms of his parole require him to remain in the US for at least five years, though supporters — including Netanyahu and some members of the US Congress — are seeking permission for him to move to Israel immediately.
The National Police Association called on Cuomo to remove the two Parole Board members who voted in favor of letting cop killer Herman Bell go free and reverse their decision, keeping him behind bars.
A state Parole Board member appointed by Cuomo is married to a convicted killer whose three - decade prison stint included a daring escape and biting off part of an inmate's nose.
Herman Bell, who, along with two other members of the Black Liberation Army, shot and killed two NYPD officers outside a housing project in Harlem in 1971, has been granted parole.
Ever since the New York State Parole Board granted the release of Herman Bell, the Black Liberation Army member who killed NYPD cops Waverly Jones and Joseph Piagentini in 1971, PBA President Pat Lynch has performed handsprings and cartwheels to delay Bell's release.
«Sadly, the governor's appointed members of the New York State Parole Board have proven to be out of touch by giving the green light to release unrepentant cop killer Herman Bell from prison.
«I have so changed, that you would want me to be your neighbor, you would want me to be your friend,» Bell, 70, had told a trio of parole board members, according to minutes of his March 13 hearing obtained by The Post.
A three - member panel of the State Parole Board has turned down a disgraced former city detective's bid for early release.
It will not be tolerated,» said state parole officer V. Antonio Perez, an Executive Board member of the NYS Public Employees Federation (PEF), the labor union that represents parole officers and other professional, scientific and technical employees of the state.
The parole officers were joined by members of the community who share in the belief that supporting the working poor contributes to positive attitude and behavioral changes.
No person shall be eligible to be a member of the Executive Committee or to be an officer of the County Committee or any District or Divisional Committee for five years from the date of such conviction, or if later, from the date of expiration of his or her maximum sentence of imprisonment or discharge from parole.
«The parole officers PEF represents are an example of how dedicated our members are to their careers,» said PEF President Wayne Spence.
ALBANY, NY (12/10/2015)(readMedia)-- Members of the New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF), who are parole officers at the state Department of Correction and Community Supervision, will wrap donated gifts for families of deserving parolees at PEF headquarters in Latham on Saturday, December 12 between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
«What I'm calling for is Governor Cuomo to get rid of those parole members who made this lousy decision,» said Republican Assemblywoman, Nicole Malliotakis, of Staten Island.
Murphy joined State Sen. Martin Golden, a retired New York Police Department officer, and State Sen. Fred Akshar, former Broome County undersheriff, at a press conference in Albany on Jan. 30, organized by State Sen. Patrick Gallivan, a former New York State trooper, sheriff of Erie County, member of the NYS Board of Parole and chairperson of the Senate Crime and Corrections Committee.
He was more critical of the other sentencing changes, highlighting the limitations of the parole shift and its ability to protect members of the public from unreformed prisoners.
State parole officers and supervisors are members of the NYS Public Employees Federation (PEF), New York's second - largest state - employee union.
Dennison admitted the union of an inmate and future parole board member was likely unprecedented — but said he met O'Sullivan in prison and, «(He) struck me a changed man.»
PBA President Patrick J. Lynch called the news of Agostini's relationship a «total ethical lapse of this parole board member.»
ALBANY, NY (12/12/2014)(readMedia)-- Leaders and members of the New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF), including parole officers and Albany County community organizations, will wrap gifts and assemble food baskets for families of local parolees who are working - poor, and trying to turn their lives around.
Members from YPD, including the Emergency Service Unit and with assistance from the Westchester County Department of Public Safety and Departments of County Probation and State Parole, began executing arrests last week, targeting 12 offenders who have been the subject of this investigation.
Increase bandwidth of parole board members to ensure that cases are reviewed in person and with the thoughtfulness they deserve.
At 11:30 that evening, Sheriff's Deputy Frank Trejo was assassinated by a recently - paroled member of the Aryan Brotherhood and his gun moll, just before they forced their way into a nearby house and held the owners captive.
About Calvin Bowden: Calvin Bowden worked many years with juvenile delinquents, adult criminals, law enforcement officials and members of the state and federal judiciary as a probation / parole officer.
More than 800 people, including prominent artists and cultural figures — Kevin Beasley, Hannah Black, Heather Hart, Juliana Huxtable, Thomas J. Lax, Glenn Ligon, Sondra Perry, Martine Syms, and Sarah Workneh, among them — have signed a petition expressing their support for the parole of Herman Bell, a former member of the Black Liberation Army, an offshoot of the Black Panthers.
After the Legislature killed a Bay Area lawmaker's bill to give juveniles serving life sentences a chance at future parole, a state appeals court took a step in the other direction Wednesday by overturning the 84 - year prison term of a 16 - year - old gang member convicted of robbery and carjacking.
-- Whoever shall resist, obstruct, or oppose any officer as defined in s. 943.10 (1), (2), (3), (6), (7), (8), or (9); member of the Florida Commission on Offender Review or any administrative aide or supervisor employed by the commission; county probation officer; parole and probation supervisor; personnel or representative of the Department of Law Enforcement; or other person legally authorized to execute process in the execution of legal process or in the lawful execution of any legal duty, without offering or doing violence to the person of the officer, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.