Posts Tagged Parole
VA House Weighs Possible Release for Sick and Disabled Prisoners
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on February 18, 2020
Andre Daniels graduated from high school in Norfolk but found himself jobless and homeless at 21. (Credit: Johnay Hardy)
In most states prisoners with a terminal illness can be freed early, but Virginia only considers inmates with less than three months to live. Now, the legislature may change that, making several thousand prisoners eligible for compassionate release. Sandy Hausman reports.
Changes in Richmond May Mean Freedom for Some Prisoners
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on January 12, 2017
Credit: Dave Nakayama / Creative Commons
In 1995, Virginia abolished parole — a change that led to crowding of state prisons and longer stays behind bars. Now, small cracks have developed in the legal wall that keeps about 30,000 people locked up. Sandy Hausman reports on changes that could free some inmates.
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From NPR News- In Alabama, A City Debates How To Depict Its Past In The Present July 8, 2020When the city of Mobile, Ala., took down a statue of a Confederate naval officer it sparked a conversation about what the statue meant and how the city's Confederate history should be portrayed.
- International Golf Events Ryder Cup And Presidents Cup Postponed Due To The Pandemic July 8, 2020Organizers announced on Wednesday that the Ryder Cup will be held in September 2021 instead of the initially scheduled 2020 date. It is the first postponement of the event since Sept. 11.
- Trump Acknowledges GOP Convention May Adapt As Florida Coronavirus Tally Rises July 8, 2020Trump's campaign has long wanted a sports arena packed to the rafters, but the president concedes in an interview that the worsening Florida outbreak may force those plans to shift.
- Serbia Seems To Relent On Coronavirus Curfew After Violence Erupts In Belgrade July 8, 2020Thousands gathered for protests hours after an announcement that a curfew would be reinstated. Now, President Aleksandar Vučić says it "probably" won't happen — despite an "alarming" surge in cases.
- To Come To The Rescue Or Not? Rats, Like People, Take Cues From Bystanders July 8, 2020Experiments in people have long shown that the presence of indifferent bystanders hurts the chances that someone will help a stranger in an emergency. Rats, it turns out, behave the same way.
- In Alabama, A City Debates How To Depict Its Past In The Present July 8, 2020
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