tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20662517.post5966132560095691319..comments2023-10-03T15:45:51.825+01:00Comments on Jailhouselawyer's Blog: Time to abolish the Parole Board?jailhouselawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03795278184797990706noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20662517.post-30482641575186416442011-08-10T15:24:43.579+01:002011-08-10T15:24:43.579+01:00In practice there are only PPA at Parole Hearings ...In practice there are only PPA at Parole Hearings when a victim's statement is to be read out. They do not represent expert witnesses such as Probation Officers or Psychologists.<br /><br />This is an interesting post, but, having spent the last fifteen years representing indeterminate prisoners at Parole Board hearings, I have to say it's very simplistic. Just my opinion.Jonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20662517.post-91646328795273006312011-07-22T00:38:26.688+01:002011-07-22T00:38:26.688+01:00A friend of mine from Romania told me that in most...A friend of mine from Romania told me that in most of Europe they do just what you describe in the 4th paragraph from the bottom - serve a sentence then get released. None of this crazy hoop jumping that goes on over here. Why can't we do what they do?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com