Sentencing Frequently Asked Questions The Board of pardons and Parole was created by the Utah Constitution and is an However, probation is imposed at sentencing by a judge and parole is http://www.sentencing.utah.gov/FAQ.htm
Extractions: The Utah Sentencing Commission is a legislatively created body charged with establishing sentencing guidelines and developing policy recommendations regarding the sentencing and release of adult and juvenile offenders. The Sentencing Commission is comprised of 27 members representing all facets of the justice system, including judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, legislators, victims, law enforcement, treatment specialists, ethnic minorities, corrections officials, parole authorities, and others. What are sentencing guidelines? Utah uses sentencing guidelines in both the adult and juvenile systems. The primary goal of both sets of sentencing guidelines is communicating a standard to all involved in the sentencing of criminal or juvenile offenders. The Adult Sentencing and Release Guidelines, implemented in 1998 seek to promote uniformity and equity by communicating a recommended sentence and length of stay for particular crimes committed by similarly situated offenders. The recommended sentence and length of stay are descriptive of current sentencing practices. The guidelines are not mandatory; judges and the Board of Pardons and Parole may depart from them, but are encouraged to consider the guidelines as a starting point and follow them unless aggravating or mitigating circumstances justify a departure.
Extractions: Friday, November 26, 2004 Governor Ehrlich Grants Clemency to Seven ANNAPOLIS Governor Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr. today granted executive clemency to seven individuals. Among those Governor Ehrlich granted clemency to is Mary Washington Brown, 46, of Baltimore. Brown was convicted of First-Degree Murder in 1974, in the stabbing death of Charlotte Ida Lessem. Brown and a co-defendant robbed the North Carolina resident in a Greyhound Bus Station. Apparently, Ms. Lessem resisted the theft and was stabbed as the confrontation escalated. Brown was 15 years old when she committed the offense, which followed a turbulent youth, including abuse by her stepfather, who killed Browns mother in her presence. The Governors decision to conditionally commute Browns life sentence to a fixed term of 60 years will not release Brown from the immediate custody of the Division of Correction. Prior to parole eligibility, Brown must complete 12 months of work release while observing good behavior. The victim's family, the Maryland Parole Commission and the State's Attorney's Office for Baltimore City were consulted on the commutation. This is the second occasion in which the Maryland Parole Commission has recommended Mary Washington Brown for executive clemency.
Fletcher Questions Facts In Indictments Of Three Officials Ernie Fletcher and the attorney general s office sparred yesterday over the Duncan acknowledged yesterday that he did not complete his probation. http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050616/NEWS0104/5061
State Of Louisiana To supervise probation and Parole Officers/Adult who provide delivery of general Option. A baccalaureate degree plus four years of professional level http://www.dscs.state.la.us/ClassPay/jobspecs/127500.HTM
Extractions: State of Louisiana Department of Civil Service F5 PR Last Effective Date 09/15/97 PROBATION AND PAROLE SUPERVISORADULT FUNCTION OF WORK: To supervise Probation and Parole Officers/Adult who provide delivery of probation, parole, pardons, work release and community residential center (CRC) services. OR To serve as assistant director of the Probation and Parole P.O.S.T. Academy. LEVEL OF WORK: Supervisor. SUPERVISION RECEIVED: Broad review from a Probation and Parole District Manager-Adult. SUPERVISION EXERCISED: Direct line over a unit of Probation and Parole Officers-Adult. Functional over clerical staff in the district offices. Functional over staff of rotating instructors at the P.O.S.T. academy. LOCATION OF WORK: Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Corrections Services, Division of Probation and Parole. JOB DISTINCTIONS: Differs from Probation and Parole Officer 3-Adult by the presence of supervisory responsibility. Differs from Probation and Parole District ManagersAdult in that incumbents do not have final authority nor responsibility for managing a district office or P.O.S.T. academy. EXAMPLES OF WORK: AS A DISTRICT MANAGER: Provides guidance, technical assistance and supervision of subordinate personnel to include periodic audits, reviews, and conferences to insure accuracy, timeliness, legal conformance, acceptability of standards, and quality of all casework and investigative activities.
State Of Louisiana Department Of Civil Service F5 PR 12/30/98 Broad review from probation and Parole Program Managers/Adult. Coordinates with Louisiana Attorney general and US Marshals Service to identify, http://www.dscs.state.la.us/ClassPay/jobspecs/127440.HTM
Extractions: To provide assistance to Probation and Parole headquarters administrators and district personnel in planning, directing, and administering statewide programs related to probation, automatic pardons, extradition, work release, movement of violators intrastate and interstate, alternative placement, parole, mandatory release, sheriffs maintenance, pardons and clemencies, staff development and training, and fugitive apprehension and return transportation of Department of Public Safety and Corrections prisoners. LEVEL OF WORK:
Pardons Regulations Secretary The administrator of the Board of pardons. upon public hearing by the Board of pardons, that (name) has committed a probation or parole http://sites.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/BOP/library/regs.htm
Extractions: 37 81.1AGENCIES and OFFICES [Chapter 81 is being replaced entirely by the following Chapter 81] This chapter shall be applicable to all applications for clemency to the Board, including applications for commutation of capital sentences. This chapter shall be liberally construed to secure the fair and just determination of every application for clemency. The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings: Application The official form which must be used to request a clemency hearing before the Board. Board The Board of Pardons of the Commonwealth. Calendar A published schedule of applications listed for public hearings during a particular session. Capital Case A case in which the applicant has requested a commutation of death sentence to life imprisonment. Clemency The power of the Governor to pardon or commute a criminal sentence based upon recommendations by the Board. Commutation The reduction of a legal penalty or punishment.
The Austin Chronicle: News: Unpardonable Still in favor in Texas courts, shock probation is one of the brightest ideas During his term, the Texas Board of pardons and Paroles recommended seven http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2004-06-11/pols_feature.html
Extractions: It's conventional among some Texans to say that George W. Bush became more extreme as president than he had been as governor. He didn't try to invade Mexico on his Texas watch, after all. He didn't brazenly curtail civil liberties in the state, nor try to ban abortion, did he? According to bar talk and casual philosophizing, W.'s more extreme tendencies were held in check at the Texas Capitol by the last men standing in the Democratic leadership. With their remaining strength, Texas Dems kept W., people say, from being W. Because there was an area of state policy where the then governor plainly made his unyielding intentions known to the world, even from backwater Austin: crime and punishment, especially punishment. A statistic W. left behind from his tenure in Texas is astounding for what it says about his sense of compassion, and also about his apparently limitless moral certainty. Of 154 capital cases presented to Gov. Bush for possible commutation of sentence, W. sent 151 men and two women to their deaths. In the 154th case, that of serial murderer Henry Lee Lucas, the governor relented only because two attorneys general confirmed that he was on a job in Jacksonville, Fla., when he was supposed to be in Williamson Co. committing the crime for which he was sentenced to die.