Man says he will defy parole requirements
Evening News and Tribune
The Indiana Court of Appeals upheld Howell's conviction and sentence, and the Indiana Supreme Court denied transfer, meaning it would not hear the case. He has now filed for post-conviction relief with the trial court. Howell claims he knew he was …

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KING v. PENNSYLVANIA BOARD OF PROBATION AND PAROLE
Leagle.com
In these situations, "[s]tates have no obligation to provide [postconviction] relief, and when they do, the fundamental fairness mandated by the Due Process Clause does not require that the State supply a lawyer as well." Id. at 557 (citation omitted). …

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Killer's parole halted; board to hear victim's sister
The Seattle Times
… term was up to the Indeterminate Sentence Review Board. In deciding Athan should be released, the board considered the crime, his behavior in prison, and heard from Athan directly. Information from Seattle Times archives is included in this report.
Cold case killer wants second chanceKING5.com

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Killer's parole on hold; board to hear victim's sister
The Seattle Times
… term was up to the Indeterminate Sentence Review Board. In deciding Athan should be released, the board considered the crime, his behavior in prison, and heard from Athan directly. Information from Seattle Times archives is included in this report.
Cold case killer wants second chanceKING5.com

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Convicted murderer's parole delayed until end of June
KING5.com
Athan was convicted of killing 13-year-old Kristen Sumstad in 1982 in Seattle's Magnolia neighborhood more than 20 years after the crime took place. Athan was 14-years-old when Sumstad was killed. Detectives tricked Athan into licking an envelope, …

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Brown departs from predecessors on parole for convicted killers
Sacramento Bee
said law professor Heidi Rummel of the University of Southern California's Post-Conviction Justice Project. "It's a hard question to answer without a little bit of context." The political danger of prisoner releases was perhaps no better demonstrated …

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JOHNSON v. KANSAS PAROLE BOARD
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But prisoners have no constitutional right to counsel in post-conviction applications for relief. See id., 501 US at 757. And where the petitioner had no right to counsel in the state proceeding, "any attorney error that led to the default of [the …

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Haynesworth granted parole, conditional release
Richmond Times Dispatch
The testing was done as part of the Virginia Department of Forensic Science's post-conviction DNA project, which is examining biological evidence from cases prosecuted in the 1970s and 1980s. In 2009 Haynesworth became the first person exonerated by …

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Mother denied parole in son's strangling death
Greenville News
Greenville County Sheriff Steve Loftis has said he believed after a three-month investigation that his deputies had gathered enough evidence to secure a murder conviction against Smith. However, prosecutors said they had a completely circumstantial …

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German Diplomat's Son Seeking Parole
MyFox Washington DC
The samples — more than 40 samples of blood stains, cigarette butts and other pieces of biological evidence — were tested in 2009 as part of Virginia's post-conviction DNA testing program. While most of the evidence had deteriorated, nearly a dozen …
German diplomat's son in prison for murders asks US governor to support parole …The Canadian Press

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