How to Use parole in a Sentence

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• She robbed a bank while out on parole.
• The prisoner was released on parole.
• The prisoner will be eligible for parole after three years.
• The gunman pleaded guilty to the killings and was sentenced to life in prison without parole late last year.
  — Grace Hauck, USA TODAY, 7 June 2023
• In Texas, such a charge could result in life in prison without parole, or the death penalty.
  — Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2023
• He was sentenced to life in prison without parole last week.
  — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2023
• He was sentenced last year to life in prison without parole.
  — Eric Levenson, CNN, 10 Feb. 2024
• By April 2015, the young father was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
  — Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2023
• Each time, he was narrowly denied parole by a vote of 7 to 6.
  — Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
• At the time, life without parole was not an option in Texas, and in 2001 Murphy was sentenced to death.
  — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
• The man whose friend killed her second husband got life without parole.
  — Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
• But the court did say Van Houten would be eligible for parole starting in 1977.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 30 May 2023
• The driver was arrested and was found to be on parole for carjacking.
  — Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2023
• Dustin Parra will likely serve 18 months in prison and the remainder of his five-year sentence out on parole.
  — David Begnaud, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2024
• If convicted, Laws would face the death penalty or life in prison without parole.
  — Paul Gattis | [e-mail], al, 24 May 2023
• The authority has also been used to parole tens of thousands of Afghans and Ukrainians.
  — Adam Shaw, Fox News, 8 Nov. 2023
• His original sentencing at the time was for 33 years with the chance of getting parole after nine.
  — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 10 Aug. 2023
• She was later sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole in 30 years.
  — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2024
• But, one morning, after one of his many nights working a 12 to 16 hour shift, the father of three forgot to call his parole officer.
  — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 16 June 2023
• Both men were out on parole at the time, according to prosecutors.
  — Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 11 May 2023
• As part of the plea agreement, Robinson was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 30 years.
  — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 23 Feb. 2024
• He was sentenced to life in prison without parole in December.
  — Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
• Two months later, Pursehouse was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
  — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2024
• In 2022, a jury convicted Cartwright of murder and other crimes, and he was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2024
• He was sentenced last year to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
  — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2024
• Woodward is charged with murder, with enhancements for use of a deadly weapon and for hate crime, which could put him in prison for life without parole.
  — Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2024
• As part of his plea deal, DeLeon will have to serve half of his 45-year sentence before being eligible for parole.
  — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 18 Oct. 2023
• She has been recommended for parole five times since 2016.
  — CBS News, 30 May 2023
• Since 2016, she has been recommended for parole five times.
  — Andrea Salcedo, Washington Post, 31 May 2023
• Their son pleaded guilty to all charges against him and is serving a sentence of life without the possibility of parole.
  — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 3 Apr. 2024

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• He was paroled in 1985 and returned to the St. Louis area.
  — Fox News, 6 June 2019
• Williams was paroled once before, in 2006, but wound up right back in prison.
  — Mike Cason | [e-mail], al, 5 Nov. 2019
• Parks, court records show, was paroled from prison in March and had lived a troubled life.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 3 Dec. 2019
• He was paroled less than two months later, on Sept. 15.
  — Robert Wilonsky, Dallas News, 16 July 2019
• James and Wilson took heat for their votes to parole Veal and Hurst.
  — Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
• He was paroled in 1972 and stabbed to death four years later in a barroom fight.
  — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 8 June 2023
• The driver was sentenced to ten years and was paroled after three.
  — Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2023
• He was sentenced to 27 months in prison, but paroled early.
  — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2023
• Spencer was alleged to have been wrongfully paroled at the time of the murders.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 5 July 2023
• When he was paroled three years ago, Bonner had few options for a place to live.
  — Sarah Ravani, SFChronicle.com, 8 Nov. 2019
• She was sentenced to three years in prison but was later paroled, the Record reports.
  — Harriet Sokmensuer, PEOPLE.com, 13 Nov. 2019
• But unless Cuba agrees to take him back, he would be paroled out onto the streets.
  — David Ovalle, miamiherald, 19 June 2018
• Mallet was sentenced to eight years in prison and later paroled.
  — Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2020
• But in 1992, a few years after being paroled, Boblit was charged and convicted for rape and sent back to prison for life.
  — Longreads, 26 June 2018
• Sterling-Ross said Bryla allowed the 34-year-old to live with her after he was paroled last year.
  — Jeremy Gorner, chicagotribune.com, 29 Aug. 2019
• But now Jameson, who has since been paroled, will have another chance to bring his now 16-year-old case.
  — Greg Moran, sandiegouniontribune.com, 6 July 2018
• Spencer had a long criminal record and several run-ins with the law after he was paroled.
  — Mike Cason | [e-mail], al, 9 Sep. 2019
• In 2011, Hyde spoke with the Times as efforts to parole her three kidnappers were gearing up.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2022
• Van Houten, now 73, will be paroled in the next several weeks after spending more than five decades in prison, Tetreault said.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 8 July 2023
• He was granted probation in 1995 and has already been paroled twice only to wind up back in prison.
  — Mike Cason | [e-mail], al, 5 Nov. 2019
• Perry was paroled in 2001, while Counts was released on parole in August of last year, as noted by The Post.
  — Paula Rogo, Essence.com, 9 May 2018
• After he was paroled, Mr. Guadalupe moved into a federal halfway house in the Bronx.
  — Katherine Rosman, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2020
• Whatley was in prison for years for multiple armed robberies in 2013 and was paroled in August, Dwyer said.
  — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 8 Jan. 2020
• The two other men, brothers Richard and James Schoenfeld, were paroled several years ago.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2019
• Kathy Boudin was paroled in 2003 with the help of her son, then a Yale student and activist who organized a campaign for her release.
  — Bob Egelko, SFChronicle.com, 4 Jan. 2020
• Bullock’s Debbie is the sister of Clooney’s Danny Ocean—getting paroled from prison.
  — Christopher Orr, The Atlantic, 8 June 2018
• He was sentenced to 16 years in prison for his crimes, but was paroled early — just months before Polly’s murder.
  — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 4 Dec. 2023
• Roughly 200 people are paroled to Wayne County each month.
  — Angie Jackson, Detroit Free Press, 1 Nov. 2019
• Late last month, a judge in Los Angeles declared Mr. Coleman an innocent man, a few weeks after he was paroled.
  — Tim Arango, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2024
• But, Augustin said, many of the Haitians who arrived legally in the past 14 months were placed immediately in removal proceedings at the same time they were paroled.
  — Joe Heim, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024