parole

Example Sentences

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If convicted in either court he faces life imprisonment without parole.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The family’s lawyers say they have not been able to access the care they need for their daughter in Mexico, and they have applied for humanitarian parole to return.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

For two decades, she went annually to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office to check in about her parole.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

Read this excellent Andrew McCarthy piece on the problems with terror-related prosecutions, sentences, parole and supervision.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Defendants are typically denied meaningful legal representation, pressured by the threat of lengthy sentences into a plea bargain, and then placed under formal control—in prison or jail, on probation or parole.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander