hi all, i was just wondering when federal parole goes to senate for a vote? and also if its passed when will it help people all ready incarcerated? any info might make my hubby feel better!
thanx,
shawny

The current parole bill will not pass this year.

Fed Cure has just recently submitted some amendments which have been accepted so they are hoping to push it forward with the next congress.

You can find out all the current information at this link for Fed-Cure.
http://www.fedcure.org/index.shtml

No need to give up hope....good things take time! So...write your Reps and get them familiar with whats coming!

Diana

I do understand what you mean. Fed-Cure made some more amendments to the bill, so they have to wait until the next session to introduce it again? When is the nest session going to start? So for now this bill is called dead?

SORRY I met to say (I don't understand what you mean)

This was posted by Fed-Cure yesterday...

This Congress is getting ready to adjourn and all pending bills will die. We
want to get the amended version before the next Congress after the election. It
will probably be presented after the winter holidays. I am working closely with
Rep. Davis' ofice. The bill is presently being rewritten by legislative
counsel. I will keep everyone posted.



Please forgive me as I am not a pro on this stuff, but I am under the assumption that any bill which does not pass this year will be considered "dead" in a sense! It will have to be reintorduced next session. If anyone knows for a fact...please let us know.

Yes, that's my understanding of the way it works The next session will begin January 1, 2005, after the November 2004 elections. So, in the interim, folks can continue to write and/or meet with Congressional aides and educate them on prison issues. In addition, you can go to meetings where Congressional candidates are campaigning and ask them questions about how they stand on prison issues such as this - and then VOTE VOTE VOTE. (Well, only vote once - LOL!) Zelda P.S. If the amendments are accepted, the wording would intend that the bill be applied retroactively to ALL federal prisoners, whether new-law, old-law, or lifers. FedCURE is trying to figure out right now just how many federal prisoners would be paroled immediately if the bill were to pass as proposed (not an easy task to figure).