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"Massachusetts killing shines light on state parole boards"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this lengthy and effective article from Stateline.org.  Here are excerpts: The six members of the Massachusetts Parole Board who voted to release Dominic Cinelli from prison in 2008 knew at the outset that he posed a potential danger to society.... ?You?re a very, very, very high risk,? Thomas Merigan told Cinelli during their face-to-face meeting, according to video footage obtained by The Boston Globe. Any misgivings about Cinelli, however, were absent in the parole board?s final vote. Merigan and the other five board members unanimously agreed to release him, finding that he was ready for a transition to society under the supervision of a parole officer. He walked out of a state penitentiary in March 2009...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on February 02, 2011 (boomark / email).