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South Dakota Parole Board Improperly Enhanced Prisoner’s Parole Date
Loaded on March 15, 2014
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2014, page 31
The South Dakota Supreme Court has held that the state Board of Pardons and Paroles (Board) exceeded its authority when it calculated a prisoner’s initial parole release date by treating Class 4 felonies as Class 2 felonies.Lloyd Rowley was convicted of two Class 4 felonies on October 12, 2007. …
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