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MA: Gov. Patrick proposes revamped parole laws Wants stricter rules for those with repeat convictions

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

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Patrick proposes revamped parole laws Wants stricter rules for repeat offenders By Michael Rezendes and Maria Cramer Globe Staff / January 15, 2011 Acting swiftly after the resignations of five state Parole Board members and a crisis of confidence in public safety, Governor Deval Patrick proposed yesterday a series of changes to state law that would increase the time served by third-time criminal offenders while tightening a variety of eligibility requirements for parole. If the changes had been in place in 2008, they would have made Domenic Cinelli ineligible for early release until 2030, when he would have been 76 years old, said an administration official. Cinelli, a career criminal who fatally shot Woburn police Officer John Maguire the day after Christmas, was released on parole in 2009 when he was 55, after a 6-to-0 vote by the Parole Board...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on January 16, 2011 (boomark / email).