He was in prison for violating his parole from his conviction for paying people to vote.
His particular violation of his parole was threatening a judge by saying God could (or would) punish the judge who intially sentence him to parole.
The lesbian was not on parole and as such did not violate her parole. Hence she was not jailed as our hero in this case was...
That should be probation not parole in post 11...
If you hire a hit man, you commit a crime even if the hit wasn't accomplished. Just because you didn't have a prior felony conviction, doesn't give you a pass. *just saying*