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ID Rider Program Creates Liberty Interest
Loaded on Aug. 15, 1995
published in Prison Legal News
August, 1995, page 15
The ninth circuit has held that prisoners have a due process liberty interest in accurate and reliable rehabilitation reports. In 1972 Idaho created the ARider Program@ whereby convicted felons were sent to prison to be evaluated for potential release on probation, the sentencing court retained jurisdiction for a 120-180 day …
Filed under:
Disciplinary Hearings,
Liberty Interests,
Parole,
Probation,
Qualified Immunity.
Location:
Idaho.
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- Martinez Hearing Reversed
- INS Deportation Hearings Required Prior to Release, by Boyd F Campbell
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