parole

Example Sentences

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If convicted in either court he faces life imprisonment without parole.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The family’s lawyers say they have not been able to access the care they need for their daughter in Mexico, and they have applied for humanitarian parole to return.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

This would mean that he could only be released if the parole board decided he no longer posed a threat to the public.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Read this excellent Andrew McCarthy piece on the problems with terror-related prosecutions, sentences, parole and supervision.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Others had been told by parole and probation officers that they could not vote, and although it was not true, they believed it, and the news spread like wildfire.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander