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Ohio Parole Authority Ordered to Grant Hearings that Provide Meaningful Parole Consideration

Loaded on Aug. 15, 2009 by David Reutter published in Prison Legal News August, 2009, page 32
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole. Location: Ohio.
by David M. Reutter

The Court of Common Pleas in Franklin County, Ohio has entered summary judgment finding the Ohio Adult Parole Authority (APA) denies “meaningful parole consideration when they assign an inmate to a proper guidelines category, but the lowest possible range in the guidelines chart is beyond the ...

 

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