RELEASE HEARINGS - TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC

• NCJ Number: 39204
• Journal: Federal Probation Volume: 40 Issue: 3 Dated: (SEPTEMBER 1976) Pages: 55-59
• Author(s): L G ARTHUR; K K KARSH
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 5 pages
• Corporate Author: Administrative Office of the United States Courts
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A PROPOSAL THAT LEGISLATURES AUTHORIZE 'RELEASE BOARDS' WITH BOTH PUBLIC AND INMATE REPRESENTED TO DETERMINE IF AN INMATE COULD BE RELEASED SAFELY.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR CLAIMS THAT CURRENT PRACTICES SUCH AS PAROLE BOARDS AND DETERMINATE SENTENCING ARE UNSUCCESSFUL, AND PROPOSES THE INCORPORATION OF THE ADVERSARY SYSTEM IN A JUDICIAL RELEASE HEARING AS A METHOD OF ASCERTAINING WHETHER AN INMATE'S RELEASE WOULD VIOLATE PUBLIC SAFETY....TWH