Parole eligibility (but not necessarily release) may occur after a percentage of the minimum, after a percentage of the maximum, or after the entire minimum has been served, depending on the state. States with indeterminate structures vary in terms of the breadth of the legislated sentence ranges and the discretion afforded to the judges and parole boards...
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Some states have placed restrictions on the range of terms that a judge may impose: the range may be no greater than one-third of the maximum sentence, for example. The parole board in some jurisdictions has the discretion to set its own formula for release eligibility, while in others the legislature determines it...
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