2007 Senate Bill 541: Revise parole considerations for certain prisoners

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Introduced by Sen. Michael Switalski (D) on May 25, 2007, to revise the provision establishing that a convict serving a life sentence WITH the possibility of parole becomes eligible for consideration for parole after 10 years, and that the parole board is required to interview the prisoner at that time. The bill would require that the parole board consider parole based on the criteria used to evaluate all other prisoners, and not let the fact that the prisoner is sentenced to life negatively affect the prisoner's parole guidelines score.
- Referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 25, 2007.

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1) let's see... by Anonymous Citizen on June 6, 2007
rehabilitation is supposed to DETER criminals from recidivism.

it doesn't work.

let's see...

not a deterrent.

costly (extremely and provably so).

unfairly administered.

poor public policy.

so, why, dear liberals, do we STILL have rehabilitation?

these four things are the ONLY arguements against the death penalty, and you don't want that.

oh, yeah.. there IS that innocence thing.

have any innocent people been through REHABILITATION??? you betcha.

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2) isn't continuing to dump by Anonymous Citizen on June 5, 2007
funds into a failed program constitute A BAD PUBLIC POLICY?

how many MILLIONS have we dumped into rehabilitation with NO RESULTS?

a goodly portion of this state's yearly budget is wrapped up in the MYTH of rehabilitation. it's time to come back to reality.

let's see, high costs, zero results, unfair implementation (only those in jail get it), and poor public policy.

hmmm.. we HAVE rehabilitation, which violates the 'FOUR COMMANDMENTS' of liberals, but we DON'T have the death penalty. why is that???

do they ONCE AGAIN speak with forked tongue???

of course they do.
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3) dr. kevorkian is PROOF by Anonymous Citizen on June 5, 2007
that the 'rehabilitation policy' of this state DOESN'T WORK.

he is an educated man, a medical doctor, who COULD NOT BE REHABILITATED.

if ANYONE could have, it should be him.

so, if the star pupil of the rehabilitation program wasn't rehabilitated (only punished), then the system DOESN'T WORK.
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