There seems to be alot of questions about the issue of parole/clemency. Let me tell you all what I lived.

I did 3 months at the Jacksonville Naval Air Station Brig and 10 months at the Charleston Naval Station brig. In those 13 months I didn't see one man walk out on parole or get a sentence reduction through clemency. Everybody asked except me. I was the president of the institutional chapter of the Jaycees as well as the president of the prisoners communication council. I was the only prisoner authorized to go to the C.O. without following the chain of command. The parole board called me in and asked why I didn't ask for parole. I laughed at them.
I was released on a saturday and the following monday a coast guard guy was to walk on parole only because his case was about to be overturned on appeal. I never actually saw him walk. He would have been the first and only parolee I ever saw.
I don't want to dampen the spirits of those hoping for parole but my experiences are what they are. How many military parolees are members here? Let me know.
I wish I could offer hope but I cannot. The only reduction in sentence you can count on is good time. And by the way, I was locked up with Marines and Air Force as well as Navy and coast guard people.

could it just be that they dont give it for shorter sentences? because i have heard of soldiers receiving both. i just dont want people to give up and not try to do their best because then they definitely wont get it. That is not the way to go. Hope is a good thing around here. congrats on successfully getting out and good luck to you.

My son was charged and pled guilty to rape, underage drinking and giving a false statement to the CID. His sentence is 5 years, ( first time EVER in any kind of trouble. ) he was given 3 months off of his sentence for mis-treatment from the other attorney during his trial. His lawyer is working as I am writing this on a clemency hearing to "get a reduction of his time in confinement as well as a change in the characterization of service" what does this actually mean and is there a chance that this will help. He was stationed in Korea when all this took place, that is where is attorney is. my son is in Washington state, and I am in Georgia. Never have had to deal with any of this before. Your thoughts and comments are welcome.

i think it means that he wants to get time reduced so he can come home sooner and maybe get his type of discharge changed so that it will not affect the rest of his life...
so if he got a dishonorable discharge, he would ask that it be upgraded to general or something like that. i think that is what it means, hope that helps

I'm going to post this link in both (or all) threads asking questions regarding Parole and/or Clemency. It opens as a pdf file in Adobe Acrobat. It's 15 pages long and has a LOT of useful information. This is ARMY policy, so if your inmate is in a different service branch, it may or may not be the same. I will try to get links to the other service's regs on this topic as well.

http://www.apd.army.mil/pdffiles/r15_130.pdf

I am aware of 2 inmates at the le jeune brig that were paroled at the end of 2005. One on them was let out after serving just shy of 2 years of a 3 year pta. The other was realeased after serving 2 years-1 1/2 months of a 5 year pta. Parole can happen, Keep the faith.
mombert

i stand in agreement. i know of several inmates (at least 5) released on parole in the last year from the USDB, and those were just friends of my inmate--there are ~500 inmates there, so i know that more go on parole than that every year.

faith, hope, and love are all we have. hold them close.

smiles
k

Thank you for posting that ARMY Parole Board. I am going to read it now. I have been looking everywhere to find out about this.

There seems to be alot of questions about the issue of parole/clemency. Let me tell you all what I lived.

I did 3 months at the Jacksonville Naval Air Station Brig and 10 months at the Charleston Naval Station brig. In those 13 months I didn't see one man walk out on parole or get a sentence reduction through clemency. Everybody asked except me.

You weren't locked up long enough to see anybody get parole or clemency. I wouldn't even unpack if I had 13 months. At the USDB, parole is very common. They don't give it away but it is far from unheard of. Clemency is not common but it is given out occasionally as well.

I was fortunate enough to receive clemency by having my sentence reduced from 15 to 8 years. I was then paroled after serving 4 years. For those of you who have a loved one serving a long term sentence to confinement, keep a positive attitude and faith in God. Don't let anyone drag you down with their negativity. Try to keep your loved one in good spirits by knowing that you are there waiting for him and will see it through to the end whenever that may be.

thank you for being so positive with your words A-Z, my son's parole hearing is scheduled for Thursday the 8th of Feb. his dad and I are driving up there tomorrow morning. I will keep you posted when wer know the outcome, I have faith that this will come to pass, and he will come home where he belongs.

There seems to be alot of questions about the issue of parole/clemency. Let me tell you all what I lived.

I did 3 months at the Jacksonville Naval Air Station Brig and 10 months at the Charleston Naval Station brig. In those 13 months I didn't see one man walk out on parole or get a sentence reduction through clemency. Everybody asked except me. I was the president of the institutional chapter of the Jaycees as well as the president of the prisoners communication council. I was the only prisoner authorized to go to the C.O. without following the chain of command. The parole board called me in and asked why I didn't ask for parole. I laughed at them.
I was released on a saturday and the following monday a coast guard guy was to walk on parole only because his case was about to be overturned on appeal. I never actually saw him walk. He would have been the first and only parolee I ever saw.
I don't want to dampen the spirits of those hoping for parole but my experiences are what they are. How many military parolees are members here? Let me know.
I wish I could offer hope but I cannot. The only reduction in sentence you can count on is good time. And by the way, I was locked up with Marines and Air Force as well as Navy and coast guard people.

The only people I saw get parole were officers, those that had something to offer in exchange for parol or those who were going to get their sentence overturned. It's just a "Dog and Pony show."