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parole

[puh-rohl] / pəˈroʊl /
VERB
discharge
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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He exhausted his direct appeals, and the state’s pardon and parole board denied his request for a commutation in December.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

He will be eligible for parole if he can reach the age of 99.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

The maximum sentence Nick Reiner will face is life in prison without possibility of parole.

From Barron's Sep. 15, 2026

The full state parole board affirmed that decision, giving Wade the earliest possible release date of December 2028.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

The vast majority of states continue to withhold the right to vote when people are released on parole.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

Initially, both sides assumed that the familiar practice of cartels and paroles would be maintained.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 20, 2026

“These paroles have since been terminated with immediate effect,” the agency announced on X. Again, it was unclear specifically who this applied to and if these individuals were notified.

From Slate Apr. 16, 2025

CBP officials said they considered the paroles completed before the order, even though the releases were not.

From Washington Times May 17, 2023

Huynh said the recidivism rates for the people who go through Defy Ventures’ Entrepreneurs in Training program is far lower than the average, but some do reoffend or violate their paroles.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 2, 2023

The following is a copy of one of these paroles, recently made from the original: Appomattox Court House, Virginia, April 10, 1865.

From Detailed Minutiae of Soldier life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865 by William Ludwell Sheppard

One of them was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole, and the other was paroled after cooperating with investigators.

From Slate Aug. 25, 2026

“I disagree with him getting paroled out because he’s a horrible person. That man is a monster.”

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 22, 2026

Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said the U.S. government was bound by a Biden-era court settlement to expedite asylum claims of Afghans paroled into the U.S. under Operation Allies Welcome.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 28, 2025

"This is an ongoing sentence from which I can never be paroled."

From Barron's Nov. 25, 2025

In the Milan, Michigan, federal prison, Mr. Muhammad served three and a half years, then he was paroled.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

Before I got to fire camp, my earliest possible release date was November 2013, yet I ended up paroling in February 2012.

From Washington Post Oct. 15, 2021

South Koreans have been divided over whether Mr. Lee was worth paroling.

From New York Times Aug. 9, 2021

“By ICE’s own policy, these are people that shouldn’t be in detention any longer,” Altman said, citing ICE’s process for paroling asylum-seekers until a judge decides their case.

From Seattle Times Aug. 4, 2021

The Baltimore Sun on the involvement of the governor of Maryland in paroling three juveniles who were given life sentences:

From Washington Times Nov. 27, 2019

On the same day the Raleigh and Baltimore secured the surrender of the batteries on Corregidor Island, paroling the garrison and destroying the guns.

From The Boys of '98 by James Otis




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