Allen calls Warner foe of parole-abolition

Washington Times ^ | 9/11/01 | Stephen Dinan

[kattracks]

U.S. Sen. George F. Allen, who as Virginia governor pushed through his plan to abolish parole in the state, said yesterday that this year's Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark L. Earley was an important supporter of the policy, while Democratic candidate Mark R. Warner was part of the opposition.

[DonQ]

To my mind, this is not bad. Parole abolition is bad. Parole is one way to keep tabs on ex-convicts once they're back in society, with the ability to yank them back into prison if they go wrong. Without parole, convicts serve their full term, and then go back to society without any such supervision and virtually the only way to control them is to convict them of new crimes.