Word: parolee
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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William Fain, 36, is a model prisoner at San Quentin. He gets along well with fellow inmates and staff and says he has found God. A psychiatrist has concluded that his potential for violence is "probably less than average." So a parole board ordered his release in January. But instead...
Californians still have vivid memories of what Fain did one night in June 1967. Driving along a country road in the San Joaquin Valley, he flashed his headlights at the car in front of him until it pulled over. When the other driver, Mark Ulrich, 17, got out, Fain killed...
It is doubtful that the parole board granted Jack Abbott his freedom strictly on the basis of his literary talent; presumably it also believed he would not pose any meaningful threat to society. Norman Mailer simply acted as an advocate, marshaling the facts and arguing them in favor of Abbott...
Still, Abbott will return to the belly of the beast for a long time to come. He has eleven years to serve for parole violations. The manslaughter conviction will bring an additional 8½-to 25-year sentence, and if he is deemed a "persistent violent felony offender" at a...
In the beginning, Mailer spins publicity for convict and murderer Jack Abbott, helps get Abbott's prison book published and Abbott paroled. The con with the prose style of a Doberman (all speed and teeth) obeys his muse again. Six weeks after parole, Abbott kills a man in New...