Word: parolee
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The signs of crisis are everywhere. Nearly 1 in 4 black men, ages 20 to 29, is in jail, on probation or on parole. Black men are less likely to attend college than black females or whites of either gender, and when they do go, they often drop out. Homicide...
Overburdened prisons are a constant source of pressure on judges and parole boards. Whatever the sentence, it rarely means the felon will be locked up that long. A killer who strikes a bargain for a 20-year term can sometimes walk away in a little less than seven years. That...
Such severe sentences are usually reserved for premeditated crimes, like killings that take place during a robbery. Even then, however, authorities consider extenuating circumstances. In Maryland last year on May 6, Vincent Kennedy shot and killed a Nigerian-born taxi driver, Lucky Unuigboje Okoruwa, 24. Later Kennedy confessed the attempted...
Still, the politics of death resonates -- so much so that even Cuomo, to prove that he is "tough" on crime, now favors life without parole as an alternative to the electric chair. He admits such sentences negate the notion of rehabilitation (which he still believes is possible, "even in prison...
Cuomo's latest tactic is a referendum. "As soon as I can," he says, "I want to get two competing statutes on the ballot: the death penalty and life without parole. I still think that during a focused campaign on the issue, one where you can have a real debate...