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Oregon Compelled Parole Statute Not Retroactive

Loaded on March 15, 2001 published in Prison Legal News March, 2001, page 26
Filed under: Sentencing, Ex Post Facto, Parole. Location: Oregon.
The Oregon Supreme Court affirmed a lower court decision, which held that the retroactive application of a 1985 "compelled parole" statute violated the constitutional prohibition against ex post facto laws.

In 1985 the Oregon legislature enacted ORS 144.245(3) that mandates: "In no case does a prisoner have a right to ...

 

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