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North Carolina Parole Commission Agrees to Stop “Moving Goalposts” for Prisoners Who Committed Crime as Juveniles
Loaded on Feb. 1, 2026
by Chuck Sharman
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2026, page 16
Filed under:
Parole Board Misconduct,
Rehabilitation/Recidivism,
Parole,
Juvenile Offenses/Offenders,
Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
Location:
North Carolina.
by Chuck Sharman
A settlement reached on September 15, 2025, moved the North Carolina Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission a step closer to finally realizing changes that it was ordered to make almost a decade ago in its parole review procedures for prisoners whose crime was committed when …
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