In August 2020, California’s Board of Parole Hearings (BPH) scheduled 580 Parole Suitability Hearings. Among them were: 82 grants, 116 denials, 6 stipulations, 62 voluntary waivers, and 300 postponements.
Please know the terminology here: Grant – The prisoner was found suitable for parole and, therefore, was granted parole. Deny – The prisoner was not found suitable and, therefore, was denied parole.
Stipulation – The prisoner stipulated to being unsuitable and was denied parole without a parole hearing being held. A stipulation occurs when the board accepts a prisoner’s offer to stipulate to his or her unsuitability for parole for a specified period (15, 10, 7, 5, or 3 years). If the board accepts a prisoner’s offer to stipulate, it is considered a denial of parole for the stipulated period.
Voluntary Waiver – The prisoner waived his or her right to a hearing. A prisoner may waive his or her right to a parole hearing for any reason for a period of one to five years as long as the request is submitted at least 45 calendar days prior to the hearing.
Postponement – The hearing was postponed. The board may postpone a hearing on its own motion, at the request of a prisoner, or for exigent circumstances. Sometimes postponements are requested days or weeks before the scheduled hearing date, but postponements may also occur on the day of a hearing.
When a prisoner concedes to a Stipulation, Voluntary Waiver, or a Postponement, it’s indicative of s/he not being prepared for the hearing. In August, it totaled 368! And then there was the 116 who thought they were prepared but were denied parole!
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