Focus (Forum & Focus)
Jun. 5, 2008
Crime and Punishment - and Rehabilitation
In a system that espouses the hope of reformation, it makes no sense to rely exclusively on the one thing that cannot change during parole proceedings, writes Mark Conrad. - Forum Column
By Mark Conrad
This article appears on Page 6
Today the California Supreme Court hears argument in the cases of two model prisoners, Sandra Davis Lawrence and Richard Shaputis. Both were convicted of murder. Both became eligible for parole more than a decade ago. Yet even with exemplary prison records, the state repeatedly denied them parole and kept them behind bars, until the California Court of A...
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