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| Rules would free low-risk inmates |
| By Las Vegas Sun |
| Published: 04/10/2008 |
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NEVADA - Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley says hundreds of low-risk Nevada inmates soon could be released from crowded prisons if legislators approve a regulation change next week. Buckley, D-Las Vegas, said the Legislative Commission, meeting Wednesday, will look at a regulation that would free inmates from having to attend Parole Board hearings in person when there's no dispute that they should be released. Buckley said the regulation would help deal with a law passed by the 2007 Legislature that was designed to allow early release of more than 1,000 inmates. The law increased the good time credits earned by inmates serving sentences for crimes not deemed serious. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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