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Parole

State of MD

Most initial parole hearings are conducted for offenders when they have served approximately 25% of their total sentence. However, some offenders receive their first hearing before the 25% mark; others who have committed certain violent crimes must serve 50% before their hearing. Offenders serving life sentences become eligible for parole consideration after serving 15 or 25 years, depending upon the circumstances of the conviction.

U.S. Parole Commission Manual

(b) A Federal prisoner serving a maximum term or terms of more than one year imposed pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 4205(b)(1) [or pursuant to former 18 U.S.C. 4208(a)(1)] may be released on parole in the discretion of the Commission after completion of the court-designated minimum term, which may be less than but not more than one-third of the maximum sentence imposed.

DOES THAT MEAN 25 year sentence is really 8 years????

SAFETY FIRST - when you are dead you don't get second chance

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Last updated on 4/25/07 by Ed Fowler