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MA: Parole Board Recieves Public Scrutiny After Paroled Killer Kills Again. 78% of parolees complete parole without another offense.

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

In Parole Board?s work, few sure things Freed killer?s rearrest prompts case review By Jonathan Saltzman, Globe Staff | February 22, 2010 NATICK - The sweet-voiced grandmother sat at a table before the Massachusetts Parole Board and said she was not the same woman who killed her sleeping 16-year-old daughter with a shotgun blast on Valentine?s Day in 1990. ?I have no expectation to be forgiven by anyone, nor by myself,?? said Susan Biancardi, 61, who now takes medication to control bipolar disorder. ?If I could cut off both my arms and have that night never happen, believe me, I would do it in a heartbeat.?? Five board members heard Biancardi?s plea for freedom recently following another horrific area slaying, one that has cast a pall over the panel and underscored just how high the stakes can be when weighing whether to give a convicted murderer, no matter how seemingly reformed and remorseful, a second chance...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on February 22, 2010 (boomark / email).