The hope we seek is found in safe havens for battered women and children in homeless shelters and crisis pregnancy centers, in programs that tutor and conduct job training and help young people who may happen to be on parole.

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Hindawi became eligible for parole in 2001 after serving one third of his sentence, and must be released on parole no later than 2016.

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She was eligible to be freed on parole in 2012.

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Unless state prosecutors challenge Wednesday's ruling, Downey will remain free on bail, with no court-imposed restrictions, for 40 days, at which time the appellate decision becomes final, and he would be placed on parole, Waters said.

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California has had a high recidivism rate (of 70%) in part because every released inmate used to be placed on parole and many were returned to prison for small violations such as missing appointments or failing alcohol tests.

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Half of the 10-year term must be served before he's eligible for release on parole, the judge said.

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Earlier, Mr Justice Holman said the sentence should now be cut to 10 months - making him eligible for release on parole in March.

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The death penalty will be replaced by life imprisonment without parole, although it will remain on the statute books in wartime.

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"I had a job to go to that Monday, and I knew I was on parole, and I knew I wasn't supposed to be drinking, and I'm like 'Oh, my God, '" he told CNN.

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As soon as Gravens was released on parole in 2003 as a registered sex offender, it was clear his life wouldn't be the same.

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