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PA: Rendell Wants No Parole for People Convicted of Repeated Violent Crimes

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Rendell Wants No Parole For Repeat Violent Offenders Last Edited: Sunday, 04 Jan 2009 Governor Ed Rendell PHILADELPHIA -- Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell has put forth his first order of business for 2009. He wants to get rid of parole for repeat violent offenders. "In 2008, four Pennsylvanians were brutally murdered by men who had served state time for violent crimes and were out on parole at the time," said Governor Rendell. "These murders cry out for changes in how we sentence our violent repeat offenders." Currently, in the state of Pennsylvania, offenders are given indeterminate sentences, requiring a minimum and maximum time to be served. Gov. Rendell proposes that any adult or juvenile convicted of a violent crime with a deadly weapon would be unable to get out on parole...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on January 05, 2009 (boomark / email).