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Experts question role of victims, survivors in parole hearings

December 30, 2021 by Vincent O'Bannon

Years after a conviction, prisoners still face the same scrutiny at parole board hearings they did during their jury trial — when facing prosecutors, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Legal, Parole and Release, Recently Posted Tagged With: Board of Parole Hearings, legal

Parole Board implements no changes despite millions in new funding

December 27, 2021 by San Quentin News Contributor

American money- cash

On Aug. 30, 2021, UnCommon Law filed a petition in California’s First District Court of Appeal in the case In re Darryl Poole. The petition … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Parole and Release, Recently Posted Tagged With: Board of Parole Hearings

Fletcher freed after 37 years

December 23, 2021 by Kevin Sawyer

Patrick Fletcher, 57, appeared before the Board of Parole Hearings a half dozen times before he was found suitable for release this fall. Ten years … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Parole and Release, Recently Posted Tagged With: Board of Parole Hearings

Courts may be better than parole board at determining parolee risk

November 15, 2018 by Kevin Sawyer

When a court orders the release of a lifer on parole, statistics show the parolee does not return to prison. But when the Board of Parole Hearings … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Legal Tagged With: Board of Parole Hearings, life sentence

Como expresar remordimiento

November 15, 2018 by Juan Espinosa

Sugerencias de como mostrar remordimiento. Cuando se trata de expresar remordimiento muchos de nosotros, (lifers), fallamos en la manera que lo … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Español, Federal BOP, Legal Tagged With: Board of Parole Hearings, life sentence, parole consideration, parole grant rate

CCWP advocates mount a fight to end LWOP

November 15, 2018 by Rahsaan Thomas

Courtesy of CCWP

Advocates are mounting a fight to end the other death penalty—life without the possibility of parole. These “hidden death sentences” mean prisoners … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Death Penalty, Featured, Prison Reform Tagged With: Board of Parole Hearings, California Coalition for Women Prisoners, California Institution for Women, CCWP, LWOP

After 22 years Antoine Brown is a free man

October 17, 2018 by John Lam

After receiving a commu­tation of his sentence from Gov. Jerry Brown, Antoine Brown became the latest Kid CAT member to be found suitable for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Profiles, Youth Offender Tagged With: Board of Parole Hearings, Kid CAT Childhood development program, No More Tears, VOEG

Sueños Que Se Desvanecen Libertad Condicional

May 7, 2018 by Tare Beltranchuc

“Me siento muy decepcionado con el sistema de mi país,” comentó Joe Ibarra de 85 años de edad, al San Quentin News.  Ibarra es originario de … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Español Tagged With: Antonio Mancilla, Board of Parole Hearings, BPH, Colima, ged, Joe Ibarra, la Comisión de Libertad Condicional, México, Ramón Pineda

Restoring a community through healing dialogue

February 19, 2018 by Jorge Heredia

“These tiny shoes represent our willingness to walk in each other’s shoes shoulder to shoulder from now on,” an inmate said. “And to unite efforts against our nonsense violence to live in peace and harmony.”

More than two dozen survivors of crime crossed the heavily riveted steel doors at San Quentin to face prisoners convicted of serious crimes, including … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Anti-Recidivism Collation, ARC, Board of Parole Hearings, Healing Dialogue and Action, Human Rights Watch

Commutation granted to John Vaden

February 15, 2018 by John Lam

John Vaden

After serving 15 years of a 19-year-to-life term for second-degree murder, John Vaden received an exceptionally rare commutation from California Gov. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Youth Offender Tagged With: Board of Parole Hearings, commutation

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