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59 Am Jur 2d, American Jurisprudence


 
59 Am Jur 2d PARDON AND PAROLE 90
A parole board may deny a prisoner parole release because of the severity of the criminal act and sentence, but it must explain in more than boiler plate generalities why the severity of the particular offense and sentence requires the deferral of parole. Although a parole board may, insofar as the Constitution requires, adopt a practice of automatically denying parole to inmates convicted of certain offenses, such as murder, without regard to their specific conduct, if, in fact, the board has not adopted such a practice, then its denial of parole for the sole reason that an inmate was convicted of a certain offense is tantamount to denying parole for no reason at all and due process requires that it gives some reason other than the fact that the inmate was so convicted.
 
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