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No Liberty Interest in Illinois Parole Laws
Loaded on Aug. 15, 1999
published in Prison Legal News
August, 1999, page 19
The court of appeals for the Seventh circuit held that Illinois prisoners have no liberty interest in parole. In doing so, the court overruled a prior ruling that had held otherwise. Two Illinois state prisoners filed a habeas corpus petition in federal court contending they were denied due process when ...
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