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Some prisoners on medical parole are being placed in nursing homes, and opinion is divided on whether they are a threat to the public or to the homes’ other residents.
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New York State revamps its policy on parolees, reducing the number that are returned to prison for minor parole violations; new guidelines sort parolees as low- or high-risk and tailor their supervision accordingly, in an effort to reduce recidivism rates. Photo (M)6
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The lawyers for Barry Bonds paid $455 and filed a notice to the federal trial court in San Francisco late Wednesday, saying that Bonds was asking the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal to toss out his conviction.
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One court program to help keep offenders from returning to prison has had a 100 percent success rate; another, 88 percent. Both are being eliminated because of budget cuts.
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A reader responds on an editorial regarding parole and the death penalty.
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A reader responds to an editorial on the use of parole in the justice system.
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A fair-minded society should not sentence anyone to life without parole except as an alternative to the death penalty.
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Authorities said that Casey Anthony, who has remained hidden since a jury acquitted her of killing her daughter, was polite and cooperative during a meeting with her probation officer.
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 Parole hearings take on new urgency for victims’ families as California copes with prison overcrowding.
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Charles Baeza, 72, tried to buy a gun and silencer from an undercover officer, the police said, 20 years after he was convicted of killing his estranged wife.
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Casey Anthony must return to Orlando within two weeks to serve a year’s probation for check fraud, a Florida judge ruled Friday.
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Patrick Gleason, an ex-convict from Maywood, has a starring role in a new independent film, “Fancypants.”
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A Moscow court on Monday refused a parole request by Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky, the jailed former oil tycoon, citing a lack of proper paperwork.
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States must rethink parole and probation policies that drive hundreds of thousands of people back to prison every year, not for new crimes, but for technical violations.
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A former Congressional aide who pleaded guilty in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal was sentenced to probation rather than prison on Wednesday.
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Actsoft, Inc. is quickly emerging as a natural leader in today’s Mobile Resource Management (MRM) industry. Our software solutions leverage GPS, wireless and web technology, providing optimal oversight for businesses with a remote work force. Founded in 1996 as a custom software development company, Actsoft rapidly evolved, focusing mainly on the inherent value of GPS data when integrated with wireless functionality. Essentially, sending wireless data in real-time, coupled with the ability to GPS validate the location of that data entry, became very valuable to the businesses world. Specifically businesses with a mobile workforce.
Actsoft’s HAS technology is designed to assist agency personnel in their requirement to monitor offenders as an interim between full incarceration and reentry into society. Actsoft leveraged extensive experience and expertise in GPS technology when developing the House Arrest Solution (HAS). Specifically designed for the Electronic Monitoring Industry, Actsoft’s HAS is widely used and respected by
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