Parole Quotes

«I`ve learned that the death penalty is one of the ugly legacies of slavery and classism in America. It is racist in application, is primarily if not exclusively used against the poor and ill-represented, it entraps the mentally ill and mentally damaged, the innocent and those who were children when they committed the crimes for which they are condemned. Worst of all, I`ve learned that despite claims to the contrary, most people in America prefer life in prison without possibility of parole to the death penalty. But that information rarely gets out, because cowardly politicians have come to believe that it is in their own best interests to maintain capital punishment in order to demonstrate how tough they are on crime.»

When I finished the role of Christ, I felt as though I`d been let out on parole. A man who has served 18 months isn`t eager to go back to prison.

(Kelly reacted to the parole denial with some surprise, saying,) So there are no more parole hearings? ... Why did we come here? This was a waste of time.

Given his violent history and the violence in this case in Tennessee, I would consider parole to be unlikely,

There is nothing anyone can do anyway. The public has no power. The government knows I`m not a criminal. The parole board knows I`m not a criminal. The judge knows I`m not a criminal.

The government would have to give up the ghost on seeking the death penalty, the sentence being life in an institution instead of in jail (with the rest of the prison population) without the possibility of parole, ... That`s the only guilty plea that would be acceptable.

His record: Parole abolished. Juveniles arrested for rape or murder tried as adults. Three strikes and you`re out.

My main objective is to let the community find out who their neighbor is, whether they`re in Eastport or in Parole. Everything you hear on the radio doesn`t really pertain to Annapolis, it pertains to what`s going on in Baltimore and Washington, D.C. We want to open people`s eyes to what`s really going on in our neighborhood.