New Michigan laws allow more time between parole hearings
Under the new law, the Michigan Parole Board could wait up to five years to have a new hearing for certain prisoners.
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Under the new law, the Michigan Parole Board could wait up to five years to have a new hearing for certain prisoners.
Whitmer signed two bills to make it possible for the Michigan parole board to push off reconsideration of an inmate's release for five years in some violent cases.
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LANSING, Mich. (WJRT) - Many crime victims in Michigan are forced to relive their experiences every year or two, when criminals seek parole.
New laws enacted Friday allow the Michigan Parole Board to delay reviews of killers and other violent offenders so they occur every five years instead of every one or two years.