Word: parolee
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Not ready enough, evidently. On Nov. 25, Downey was arrested at a luxury resort in Palm Springs, Calif., charged with possession of cocaine and speed and with violating the terms of his August parole. Against all logic and common sense, he had played with the same fire that had repeatedly...
Prosecutors do not deny that Penry has a low IQ, but they claim he is not nearly so limited as he is portrayed. Texas attorney general John Cornyn has alleged that Penry "can be purposefully deceptive." Prosecutors point out that Penry, who had been on parole less than three months...
Such a response would effectively punish Zadvydas for the circumstances of his birth. A more reasonable response was taken by the 9th Circuit in deciding the case of Kim Ho Ma, a Cambodian immigrant who served a prison term for manslaughter. The U.S. has no repatriation agreement with Cambodia, so...
Quick update on something I wrote about last week: Mark Chapman, JohnLennon's killer,was denied parole.
Last April, however, her luck ran out. Unable to locate her for five years, Interpol agents began checking passenger lists of flights from Hong Kong's Chek Lap Kok airport to New York. On the April 17 flight they spotted the name of her son. More than 40 agents from...