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| Longer Wait Between Parole Hearings Wanted |
| By kval.com |
| Published: 12/09/2010 |
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A prosecutor wants the state parole board to use a new law lengthening the gap between parole hearings to keep convicted child killer Diane Downs from coming before the board again for a decade. Downs whose conviction in 1984 for shooting her three children and killing one outside Springfield inspired the Ann Rule book "Small Sacrifices," is scheduled for a parole hearing Friday. The 55-year-old woman has been locked up more than 25 years for the shootings. State law had required release hearings every two years for more than 1,500 prison inmates eligible for parole consideration, but a new law that took effect last January lengthened that time to up to 10 years on a case-by-case basis. Read More. |
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