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Repeal "Point 100" Statute
By Dan Pens
All pre-SRA prisoners must jump through an invisible hoop before they can be paroled. Sound like something out of Alice in Wonderland? Well, it's the law.
RCW 9.95.100 ("point 100") is a 1939 statute that has remained unchanged since 1955. Kit Bail is quoted in a recent …
All pre-SRA prisoners must jump through an invisible hoop before they can be paroled. Sound like something out of Alice in Wonderland? Well, it's the law.
RCW 9.95.100 ("point 100") is a 1939 statute that has remained unchanged since 1955. Kit Bail is quoted in a recent …
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More from this issue:
- HR-4079: A National Crime Emergency?
- Editorial Comments, by Ed Mead
- Storm Warning, by Paul Wright
- Repeal "Point 100" Statute, by Dan Pens
- Of Bannings and Unbannings: Why Do They Do It?, by Ed Mead
- Prisoners in Struggle, by Paul Wright
- Struggle in Ohio, by Paul Wright
- GRAPO Prisoner Dies
- Where Now for the Sex Offender?, by Ed Mead
- In Defense of the Struggle Against Sexism, by Ed Mead
- Letters From Readers
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- Death as a Salesman: Benneton Ad Campaign Comes to Death Row, Dec. 15, 2000
- Illinois Supermax Hunger Strike, Dec. 15, 2000
- Whistle-blowing Doctor Shakes Up Nebraska DOC, Nov. 15, 2000
- Corcoran Show Trial Ends with Acquittals, Nov. 15, 2000
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