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"State parole system called a 'sad mess'"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this local article discussing Massachusetts' parole system. Here are excerpts: Two recent instances in which men paroled from multiple life sentences went on to re-offend has one member of the Governor's Council questioning whether Massachusetts needs to scrap the entire parole system. Mary Ellen Manning, who represents the North Shore on the board that approves judicial and Parole Board appointments, said yesterday that the current system "is a sad mess" that ought to be replaced with something similar to the federal parole system.  And sentencing ought to be done within strict guidelines, she believes.... "There's too much discretion at both the sentencing level and at the parole level," said Manning...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on February 21, 2011 (boomark / email).