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 legislation is intended to close the legal loophole, where people serving life sentences can currently apply for release on parole earlier than prisoners serving fixed length jail terms.

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In their decision, the judges noted state law provided "a mechanism for release from prison on medical parole" if a defendant becomes terminally ill.

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He has passed his minimum 20 year tariff but the Parole Board has refused to release him on licence from Wakefield Prison.

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He will continue to set tariffs, if not to change them, and he also has the final say on whether to release a prisoner once he is up for parole.

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Critics say Mr Huckabee pressured the parole board to release Mr Dumond and grant clemency to others: therefore, he is soft on crime.

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According to court documents released on Tuesday in Colorado, Ebel had followed the conditions of his parole without incident since his release in January, checking in by phone every day and even once calling parole officials because no-one had requested a weekly drug test.

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