Rich v. Maranville’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions

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1. “[Special parole] differs from regular parole in three respects: 'first, special parole follows the term of imprisonment, while regular parole entails release before the end of the term; second, special parole was imposed, and its length selected, by the district judge rather than by the Parole Commission;' third, if the conditions of special parole are violated, the parolee is returned to prison to serve the entire special parole term, and receives no credit for his time spent in non-custodial supervision, or ‘street time.’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 551 F. Supp. 2d 379 - O'NEAL v. Levi

2. “the coun-terintuitive effect of allowing a special parole violator to attain less stringent regular parole terms, not as a result of good behavior, but instead as' a result of a special parole violation.”). 4 . Fillingham also argues that the Commission should not have considered the United Kingdom conviction because it was the result of a”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Fillingham v. United States

3. “[t]he Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 abolished all forms of federal parole for offenses committed after November 1, 1987.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 167 Conn. App. 744 - State v. Williams-Bey