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No Liberty Interest in Erroneous Parole Release
The Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, sitting en banc, held that a North Carolina prisoner had no liberty interest in remaining free when he was erroneously paroled, lived a law abiding life, and was then reimprisoned two years later when the mistake was discovered.
In the September, 1999, ...
In the September, 1999, ...
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