Parole violators could petition for release
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Parole violators could petition for release under a new bill.Published: October 30, 2009
Updated: October 30, 2009
Parole violators could petition for release under a new bill passed by the General Assembly.
Rhode Island is one of only two states in the country where judges can send parole violators to prison even if they were found not guilty of the crime that violated their parole conditions.
Under the bill passed by the General Assembly, if a parole violator has the charges of the crime that violated their parole dropped, they would be able to petition the court to get out of prison.
Gov. Don Carcieri and Attorney General Patrick Lynch are adamantly opposed it.
If the governor vetoes the bill, there’s some question whether the General Assembly can muster the votes to override the veto.
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It’s not just parole violators, it’s also probation violators. There is a huge percentage of misdemeanor probationers in RI who have plead nolo or guilty for a number of reasons (having nothing to do with guilt or innocence), who are either technically or factually innocent. All it takes is to be Suspected of a Violation (not a crime) to be sent to prison with no recourse.
It doesn’t say that they were wrongly convicted or found not guilty. It says if they get the charges dropped. Two very different scenarios.
thats life in RI
Doesn’t that make sense, if your wrongly convicted or are found not guilty of a violation why wouldn’t you be set free. That doesn’t make sense your innocent but you violated parole go straight to jail.
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