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South Carolina Court Finds DOC Erred in Treating Cases as No-Parole Offenses
Loaded on Feb. 8, 2017
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2017, page 55
Filed under:
Parole Board Misconduct,
DOC/BOP misconduct,
War on Drugs,
Parole,
Parole Conditions.
Location:
South Carolina.
On November 12, 2015, the South Carolina Court of Appeals held the state’s Department of Corrections (DOC) had erred in interpreting a statute as requiring prisoners with a second conviction for conspiracy to manufacture or intent to distribute methamphetamine to serve 85% of their sentences if they were denied the ...
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