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- Title
CONSOLIDATION OF PARDON AND PAROLE: WRONG APPROACH.
- Authors
Weihofen, Henry
- Abstract
The article opposes the consolidation of pardon and parole in the U.S. The argument for such consolidation is that pardon and parole perform very largely the same function. A conditional pardon, particularly, is practically indistinguishable from a parole. Moreover, it is felt to be illogical to have two forms of release so similar as parole and conditional pardon issuing from two different sources, one from the parole board and the other from the governor's office. It is submitted that the policy and practice of releasing convicts from the penitentiary upon conditions calling for good behavior, and under supervision, should be denominated parole, with administration concentrated in one agency, the parole board. Pardon should not be used as a regular release procedure but should be an extraordinary measure, granted for peculiar reasons calling for mercy or leniency. The cause for the confusion is that pardon is not so restricted to extraordinary cases, but is in many states employed as a regular releasing device, as a substitute for or supplement to parole.
- Subjects
UNITED States; PAROLE; PARDON; GOVERNORS; DAY reporting centers (Corrections); FORGIVENESS
- Publication
Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology (08852731), 1939, Vol 30, p534
- ISSN
0885-2731
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/1136975