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Federal litigation seeks individualized review of sex offender cases by parole board

The Dallas News has excellent coverage ("Criminals, advocates target Texas parole restrictions as unfair to sex offenders," Nov. 12) of litigation regarding assignment of sex offender restrictions (dubbed "Condition X") by the parole board, aiming to force the board to evaluate each case individually. The article by Diane Jennings describes the ongoing lawsuit brought by attorneys Bill Habern and Richard Gladden that's already spurring changes in the parole process for sex offenders:though their efforts mostly have been rebuffed by state judges, they're gaining some traction in federal courts: ? In 2004, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that "Condition X" can't be imposed on parolees who haven't been convicted of a sex offense, without an "appropriate hearing...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on November 12, 2008 (boomark / email).