The Attorney General's Survey of Release Procedures: Digest of federal and state laws on release procedures1. Digest of federal and state laws on release pocedures.--2. Probation.--3. Pardon.--4. Parole.--5. Prisons. |
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Prior to this holding both devices had been used for many years in some districts , but the Supreme Court ruled that the practice was inconsistent with the constitution , " since its exercise in the very nature of things amounts to a ...
Prior to this holding both devices had been used for many years in some districts , but the Supreme Court ruled that the practice was inconsistent with the constitution , " since its exercise in the very nature of things amounts to a ...
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32 The practice is , in most cases , to conduct presentence investigations . These vary from slight investigations , consisting chiefly of an interview with the defendant , to a complete report including home visits , community contacts ...
32 The practice is , in most cases , to conduct presentence investigations . These vary from slight investigations , consisting chiefly of an interview with the defendant , to a complete report including home visits , community contacts ...
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... both in theory and in practice , pardon and commutation have much in common and the distinction between them is not always easy to make.24 The difficulty is increased by the practice of granting conditional commutations .
... both in theory and in practice , pardon and commutation have much in common and the distinction between them is not always easy to make.24 The difficulty is increased by the practice of granting conditional commutations .
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Method of application . — A prisoner may receive consideration for parole either upon the recommendation of the superintendent of the prison or upon his own direct application . In practice , formal applications are not often filed .
Method of application . — A prisoner may receive consideration for parole either upon the recommendation of the superintendent of the prison or upon his own direct application . In practice , formal applications are not often filed .
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The extent of the practice of suspending the imposition of sentence in Arkansas is indicated by the fact that in the years 1932–34 , 919 sentences out of 4,245 , or approximately 21.6 percent , were suspended . However , there is little ...
The extent of the practice of suspending the imposition of sentence in Arkansas is indicated by the fact that in the years 1932–34 , 919 sentences out of 4,245 , or approximately 21.6 percent , were suspended . However , there is little ...
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| Title | The Attorney General's Survey of Release Procedures: Digest of federal and state laws on release procedures Volume 1 of The Attorney General's Survey of Release Procedures, Homer Stillé Cummings |
| Author | United States. Department of Justice |
| Editor | Wayne Lyman Morse |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1939 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 10 Sep 2007 |
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