Reference no: EM133242858
Scenario - You are one of the five Governor-appointed Georgia Parole Board Members charged with voting on clemency and determining parole releases, conditions, and revocations. You are presented with a case file for a 44-year-old man who has served 12 years of 30 years to serve sentence in prison sentence for Voluntary Manslaughter and Robbery reduced through plea bargaining for the offense of Murder and Armed Robbery. He does have 10 years probation to follow the 30 years serve time.
The offender was high on heroin and shot and killed a store clerk during an Armed Robbery of a CVS store in the early afternoon hours. The inmate's file documents that he has attended substance abuse counseling and has been a model inmate. He is very remorseful for his act of violence. He has a family member offering him a residence upon release and a job as a welder's assistant with his first cousin.
The victim's family is totally opposed to an early release.
As a Parole Board Member, you have the authority to release the inmate to the community while serving on parole supervision. In your original post, please answer all of the following questions:
What additional information will you want your Clemency division to provide you with regarding this inmate, who is up for parole consideration?
What are the factors that may influence this inmate's success or failure on parole, if released to parole supervision?
What is the most important consideration in your decision to parole this inmate or vote for the inmate to remain in prison? Punishment? Public safety? Rehabilitation? Deterrence? Incapacitation? Family's Victim Impact Statement?
How will you vote on this case?
If you choose to vote "No" to the parole for the inmate at this time and for the inmate to remain in prison, at what point in the future should the inmate be reconsidered for parole? Why?
If you choose to vote "Yes" to release the inmate now to parole supervision? Will you assign any special conditions of parole? What are the special conditions and why did you want these impose while on parole?