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Re:Launch HN: Promise (YC W18) – Cost-effective, more humane... by adamsea on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @03:22PM (#16631700)
I'm pretty sure the government would be the final arbiter of who would be let out. Which does raise the perennial issue of, no politician wants to be the person to let that one guy out who commits another crime, even if the other 9,999 did great.
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Re:Launch HN: Promise (YC W18) – Cost-effective, more humane... by phaedradiana on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @03:59PM (#16631990)
It is a judge. However, there is a recent court decision(Humphrey), that is creating a lot of change within the system.
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