The business of paroling is to sit at the pleasure of the governor and although unspoken, it is implicit in the appointment that one be expected to be sensitive in decision-making to needs for a budget escape hatch, political appeasement, media hype and interest groups' pressure.
December 30, 2013 at 12:00 AM
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Once again the Legislature is examining parole, this time the Parole Board, which is the heart of the system.
As a veteran of the Parole Board having served 12 years, I observed the confusion of the mandate up close. When I was appointed to the New York Board, someone asked me to define my work and my answer was “to stand between the governor and the gun.”
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