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Senate committees advance four parole board nominees after questioning on victims, public safety and rehabilitation
Summary
A joint Senate Finance and Crime Victims, Crime and Corrections committee meeting on June 11 advanced four nominees for the New York State Parole Board to the full Senate after questioning focused on how each would weigh victims' statements, public-safety risk and evidence of rehabilitation.
A joint meeting of the New York State Senate Finance Committee and the Crime Victims, Crime and Corrections Committee on June 11 advanced four nominees for the New York State Parole Board to the full Senate following rounds of questioning about victims' roles, public-safety standards and rehabilitation.
The nominees — former Assembly member Danny O'Donnell, attorney Darlene Rave Bruce, attorney and former prosecutor Elizabeth Case, and former Newark Police Commissioner Jose Gomez — each described their backgrounds and answered senators' questions about how they would evaluate parole cases. The committee conducted a voice vote and completed an official ballot count; the chair said the ballots had been counted and “all of these nominees will be moving to the floor.”
The hearing probed similar themes across nominees: whether commissioners should "retry" convictions, how to weigh victim impact statements, how to evaluate rehabilitation and risk, and how commissioners would apply statutes and parole regulations. Several…
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