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  1. parole boardnoun

    A group of individuals with authority to determine whether a prisoner will be granted parole from a particular prison.

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  1. parole boardnoun

    A panel of people who decide if a prisoner should be released on parole.

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  1. Parole board

    A parole board is a panel of people who decide whether an offender should be released from prison on parole after serving at least a minimum portion of their sentence as prescribed by the sentencing judge. Parole boards are used in many jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom, the United States, and New Zealand. A related concept is the board of pardons and paroles, which may deal with pardons and commutations as well as paroles. A parole board consists of people qualified to make judgements about the suitability of a prisoner for return to free society. Members may be judges, psychiatrists, or criminologists, although some jurisdictions do not have written qualifications for parole board members and allow community members to serve as them. A universal requirement is that board candidates be of good moral fiber.

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  1. Parole board

    A parole board is a panel of people who decide whether an offender should be released from prison on parole after serving at least a minimum portion of their sentence as prescribed by the sentencing judge. Parole boards are used in many jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom, the United States and New Zealand. A related concept is the board of pardons and paroles, which may deal with pardons and commutations as well as paroles. A parole board consists of people qualified to make judgements about the suitability of a prisoner for return to free society. Members may be judges, psychiatrists, or criminologists. Many states do not have written qualifications for parole board members and will allow community members to serve in that capacity. Some states require all members to possess a 4 year degree, while others do not. Each state has a different requirement for parole board appointment. The universal requirement is that the candidate for membership has to be of good moral fiber.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of parole board in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of parole board in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of parole board in a Sentence

  1. Ed Mullins:

    Welcome to the state of New York, where cop killers get to go free thanks to Gov. Cuomo's moronic and unethical parole board.

  2. Donna Lieberman:

    Our correctional system does not exist to punish people, and the fundamental premise of our parole system is to allow people to repair their lives, today, the parole board delivered an important message to the entire country, and showed that New York stands for justice and recognizes that those incarcerated should be given a chance to return to society.

  3. Alex Bastian:

    We’re not asking for his release, we’re asking that his sentence be commuted to life without the possibility of parole, that is something that is I think important to note. We are not asking that he be resentenced to something that would put him in front of a parole board.

  4. Alex Bastian:

    If someone is the same person that committed an atrocious crime, that person will correctly not be found suitable for release. However, if someone is no longer a threat to public safety after having served more than 50 years in prison, then Parole Board may recommend release based on an objective determination, our office policies take these principles into account and as such, our prosecutors stay out of the parole board hearing process.

  5. Robert Kennedy:

    Our father’s death impacted our family in ways that can never adequately be articulated, and today’s decision by a two-member parole board has inflicted enormous pain.


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