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My brother's killer has been recommended for parole
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<blockquote data-quote="Crosstimbers Okie" data-source="post: 1544948" data-attributes="member: 760"><p><a href="http://docapp065p.doc.state.ok.us/servlet/page?_pageid=394&_dad=portal30&_schema=PORTAL30&doc_num=133073&offender_book_id=35145&imageindex=1" target="_blank">http://docapp065p.doc.state.ok.us/servlet/page?_pageid=394&_dad=portal30&_schema=PORTAL30&doc_num=133073&offender_book_id=35145&imageindex=1</a></p><p></p><p>Did anyone testify to the Parole Board in opposition to granting him parole? Unfortunately, his 1983 conviction was about 15 years before the 1998 "Truth in Sentencing" act went into effect. So he's under the old sentencing guidelines and doesn't have to serve 85% of his sentence. 39 months to the parole board was really fast under the old sentencing guidelines. Basically, an inmate was eligible for an appearance before the Board after he had served a third of his sentence. A life sentence was considered to be 45 years under the old guidelines and an inmate's good time applied. And back in the '80s and early '90s an inmate could earn and accrue up to four days credit for every day served. That's how this dirtbag got to the Board so quickly. </p><p></p><p>If the Governor doesn't approve his parole, you need to keep track of every time he goes before the Board and be there to oppose it. Lucky for Oklahoma that it's one of the few states left where the Governor has the ability to deny parole. Most other states have eliminated this political check on the bureaucratic process and have gone to a system where the parole board is the final approving authority.</p><p></p><p>As budgets stretch and prisons bulge, expect the Parole Board to release more and more inmates. Prepare to fight this battle every three years. If he is paroled you want him to serve his parole in the Central District <a href="http://www.doc.state.ok.us/community/central.htm" target="_blank">http://www.doc.state.ok.us/community/central.htm</a> , which is where he should serve it because that's where the crime was committed. And you do not want to let him be granted an Interstate Compact transfer back to Texas to finish his Parole. Oklahoma Probation and Parole Officers are CLEET certified LEOs and will provide better supervision than parole officers in Texas who are primarily social workers. And the Oklahoma DOC Central Probation & Parole District, which is Oklahoma County, has the reputation of being the strictest of the probation & parole districts. Duncan will have to walk the straight-and-narrow much straighter in Oklahoma County than anywhere else. And no doubt the Oklahoma City Police Department will help DOC with the supervision...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crosstimbers Okie, post: 1544948, member: 760"] [url]http://docapp065p.doc.state.ok.us/servlet/page?_pageid=394&_dad=portal30&_schema=PORTAL30&doc_num=133073&offender_book_id=35145&imageindex=1[/url] Did anyone testify to the Parole Board in opposition to granting him parole? Unfortunately, his 1983 conviction was about 15 years before the 1998 "Truth in Sentencing" act went into effect. So he's under the old sentencing guidelines and doesn't have to serve 85% of his sentence. 39 months to the parole board was really fast under the old sentencing guidelines. Basically, an inmate was eligible for an appearance before the Board after he had served a third of his sentence. A life sentence was considered to be 45 years under the old guidelines and an inmate's good time applied. And back in the '80s and early '90s an inmate could earn and accrue up to four days credit for every day served. That's how this dirtbag got to the Board so quickly. If the Governor doesn't approve his parole, you need to keep track of every time he goes before the Board and be there to oppose it. Lucky for Oklahoma that it's one of the few states left where the Governor has the ability to deny parole. Most other states have eliminated this political check on the bureaucratic process and have gone to a system where the parole board is the final approving authority. As budgets stretch and prisons bulge, expect the Parole Board to release more and more inmates. Prepare to fight this battle every three years. If he is paroled you want him to serve his parole in the Central District [url]http://www.doc.state.ok.us/community/central.htm[/url] , which is where he should serve it because that's where the crime was committed. And you do not want to let him be granted an Interstate Compact transfer back to Texas to finish his Parole. Oklahoma Probation and Parole Officers are CLEET certified LEOs and will provide better supervision than parole officers in Texas who are primarily social workers. And the Oklahoma DOC Central Probation & Parole District, which is Oklahoma County, has the reputation of being the strictest of the probation & parole districts. Duncan will have to walk the straight-and-narrow much straighter in Oklahoma County than anywhere else. And no doubt the Oklahoma City Police Department will help DOC with the supervision... [/QUOTE]
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