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Change in Parole Eligibility Actionable Under Section 1983
Loaded on Nov. 15, 1994
published in Prison Legal News
November, 1994, page 3
Thomas Lewis is a Tennessee state prisoner convicted in 1984 and sentenced to 30 years in prison. At the time of his conviction prisoners became eligible for parole consideration after serving thirty percent of their sentence. In 1989 the Tennessee DOC enacted Administrative Policy and Procedure 502.02 which allowed a …
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