Sentences with phrase «parole board last»

The state parole board last month approved the release of Herman Bell for next Wednesday but the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association filed a lawsuit on behalf of a widow of one of the slain officer to try to keep him in jail.

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A state judge has ordered a new parole hearing for Judith Clark, a former left - wing militant who took part in a 1981 armored car robbery that left three dead, saying the State Board of Parole's decision last year to deny her parole was arbitrary and capriparole hearing for Judith Clark, a former left - wing militant who took part in a 1981 armored car robbery that left three dead, saying the State Board of Parole's decision last year to deny her parole was arbitrary and capriParole's decision last year to deny her parole was arbitrary and capriparole was arbitrary and capricious.

Cuomo said last month that he disagrees strongly with the parole board's decision and freeing Bell sends the wrong signal.

State Supreme Court Justice Richard Koweek ruled Friday that the state Parole Board did not act irrationally or outside its bounds when it granted parole last month to Herman Bell after he served 44 Parole Board did not act irrationally or outside its bounds when it granted parole last month to Herman Bell after he served 44 parole last month to Herman Bell after he served 44 years.

Lawyers for the state Attorney General's office are fighting to uphold last month's controversial parole board decision to free three - time cop - killer Herman Bell — arguing that the widow of one...

The Supreme Court's judgment last week in Kennedy v The Charity Commission [2014] UKSC 20 is the latest in a series of decisions — including, most notably, R (HS2 Action Alliance Ltd) v Secretary of State for Transport [2014] UKSC 3 (see this post) and Osborn v Parole Board [2013] UKSC 61 (see this post)-- in which the Court has placed very specific emphasis on the common law, as opposed to the Human Rights Act 1998 and the European Convention on Human Rights, as a source of fundamental rights and values.

According to statistics on the National Parole Board website, in the last year for which records are public (2008 - 2009) 39,628 pardons were granted by the Board, 111,769 pardons in the last five years, and, as the Board says:

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».