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Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Rules Against Parole Board on Imposition of Sex Offender Restrictions on Non-Sex Offenders

Loaded on Feb. 15, 2012 by Matthew Clarke published in Prison Legal News February, 2012, page 48
Filed under: Discrimination, Sex Offender Registration, Presence at Hearing, Parole Conditions. Location: Texas.
by Matt Clarke

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held that the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles was required to provide due process in the form of a hearing similar to a parole revocation hearing before imposing onerous sex offender restrictions (Special Condition X) on prisoners who had been ...

 

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