Sentences with phrase «paroled prisoner»

Language: English Genre: Drama / Musical MPAA rating: PG - 13 Director: Tom Hooper Actors: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried Plot: Based on Victor Hugo's classic novel - turned - musical - paroled prisoner Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) seeks redemption and a new life, and so breaks his parole.

[featured - video] Synopsis: An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th - century France, in which a paroled prisoner named Jean Valjean seeks redemption.

Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) is a freshly paroled prisoner concluding a 19 - year sentence for stealing a loaf of bread.

An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th - century France, in which a paroled prisoner named Jean Valjean seeks redemption.

A comparable insight into the effect of separation is found in the following statement to a parish clergyman by a paroled prisoner returned to his family after eighteen months in an adult correctional institution:

Not exact matches

California, leading the Gadarene rush over the cliff as usual, now provides state - funded «sex - reassignment surgery» to prisoners; the first recipient of this «benefit» was Shiloh Heavenly Quine, a first - degree murderer / kidnapper serving a life sentence with no chance of parole.

Today's ruling decided that Miller v. Alabama can be applied retroactively to minors who had already been sentenced to life in prison in 2012, now giving prisoners the chance to negotiate shorter sentences or even parole.

For a so - called old - law prisoner like Liam, the possibility of parole still exists in theory.

It is also looked at when releasing prisoners on parole.

An act could also offer guidance to parole boards that releasing a prisoner is the preferred method, allowing the release of prisoners to gradually filter through.

Bell, now 70, was granted parole after finally admitting that he isn't a «political prisoner» — just a murderer.

Even as the number of prisoners falls, parole violators are an increasing percentage of the imprisoned, often jailed for as little as missing a curfew.

The governor's office will consider applications from prisoners convicted of violent felonies that the New York State Board of Parole has traditionally seldom released.

One proposal would allow elderly prisoners to seek parole if they have served half of their sentences and have health problems that make it hard for them to care for themselves in prison.

An executive law that was implemented in 2011 called for the parole board to be more «forward thinking» — with a focus on prisoner rehabilitation and less of a focus on the inmate's original crime.

However, The Sun articles claim - entirely falsely - that this was a decision of the parole board (which has no involvement in HDC and deals only with prisoner serving life, indeterminate sentences and recalls) and has been «a victory» for the tabloid and its loyal readers.

Rivera was first offered conditional clemency by former President Bill Clinton in 1999, but he rejected the offer because he did not want to live on parole, and because the same offer was not extended to another FALN prisoner.

He slaughtered two cops and then dubbed himself a political prisoner — but Herman Bell is now a «peaceful» man and the perfect friend for trips «to the park,» he told a parole board in winning his release, according to a transcript of his hearing.

The number of life prisoners released on probation has fallen drastically in the past year, figures from the parole board reveal.

Today's statistics show a fall of nearly half in the number of prisoners in England and Wales granted parole - of the 901 who applied only 106 were released early.

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.

Under government plans to be unveiled on Wednesday, High Court judges will be able to decide when a prisoner is freed meaning convicts will no longer be granted an automatic right to parole halfway through their sentence.

Prisoners serving more than four years but less than a life sentence were also less likely to be released on parole, the figures show, with the proportion of accepted requests falling from 49 per cent last year to 35.7 per cent in the latest six - month period.

Parole board chairman Duncan Nichol said: «We have taken another good hard look at the violent offender who has been a «model prisoner».»

Prisoners who committed serious sexual or violent crimes will have to serve at least two - thirds of their sentences before being eligible for parole, rather than half their sentences as is the case at present.

A similar effort is underway in New Jersey where lawmakers are working to give prisoners, people on probation and individuals on parole the right to vote.

Right now, Onondaga County is forced to take state prisoners, who have violated parole, and keep them in the local jail while the justice system decides whether to send them back to state prison.

Mario Vrendenburg, also known as Antonia Barrone, and his New York State Prisoner Assistance Center or New York Parole Aids will have to pay $ 23,427 to its inmate clients for legal services that it was unqualified and unlicensed to perform.

While the number of state and federal prisoners continues to fall, former inmates are often reincarcerated because of technical parole violations.

It's now the top violence risk assessment tool used by forensic psychologists in North America, the significant majority in post-sentencing and parole hearings of the most dangerous, high - risk prisoners.

Canada's National Parole Board came knocking, wanting to test all prisoners.

Sentenced to 19 years in prison for stealing bread to feed his sister's sick son, Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman), prisoner 24601, is granted parole.

In nineteenth - century France, prisoner Jean Valjean breaks his parole in order to start a new life for himself.

Prisoner 24601 Jean Valjean (Jackman) has been released on parole from his guard Javert (Crowe).

When discussing the spiritual journey of the title character of STONE, or his preparations to play the prisoner manipulating his way to parole, he conveys his committment to finding the right voice, literally and figuratively, for Stone.

An unfortunate visit with a prisoner relative (Danny Glover) trying to get parole with Pearson's help doesn't go well, and the man ends up killing himself shortly afterwards.

They've had people take advantage of inheritances they've received,» says David O'Neil, a former Texas public defender whose Houston law firm represents prisoners seeking parole or help managing their affairs from behind bars.

During his time as Governor West implemented a new parole system for prisoners, abolished capital punishment, was an active participant in the women's suffrage movement, and prohibited alcohol in the state of Oregon.

Thus in Secretary of State for the Home Department, e x parte Doody [1994] 1 AC 531, [1993] 3 All ER 92, where the issue was whether the home secretary was under a duty to give reasons for a decision relating to the prescribed period which a mandatory life sentence prisoner must serve before being eligible for parole, the House of Lords held that the decision in question was sufficiently important for it to be accompanied by reasons.

As the death penalty disappears, it has been replaced by life without parole, a punishment that California prisoner Kenneth Hartman once called «death by another name.»

Judge - led hearings, open to the public, should be held to reconsider Parole Board decisions on the release of prisoners, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has proposed.

A friend of mine sent me a screen grab of the PLS website which was advertising for volunteers to help them with their SafeWay program which helps to find homes for prisoners who are trying to re-integrate into the community, usually on parole.

Under CJA 1991, long - term prisoners are eligible to apply for parole after half of the sentence has been served, and automatic release at the 2/3 point.

Brings prisoners liable to removal from the UK into line with domestic prisoners as far as the Parole Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 1998 (SI 1998/3218) is concerned.

For one, it has been shown that parole boards do much worse than algorithms in assessing which prisoners should be sent home.

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.

Central to that was the requirement that the Parole Board was satisfied that it was no longer necessary for the protection of the public that the prisoner should be confined.

It was always obvious that a large number of people would be sentenced to indeterminate sentences and placed in a prison system that was already unable to get determinate prisoners through the required programmes in time to be considered by the Parole Board.»

In Australian jurisdictions, judges set a maximum sentence and a non-parole period (NSW law cited) i.e. a minimum amount of the sentence that must be served before the prisoner is eligible to be considered for parole.