GUEST BLOG: Arthur Taylor – Double standards at Parole

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Scott Watson was knocked back for parole because he denies he’s guilty and he’s fighting a case to be retried . The funny thing is that Brad Shipton and Peter McNamara ( one a cop rapist and the other a lifeguard who helped him & Schollum in a group rape ) also told the Parole Board they were “innocent” and wouldn’t accept their guilt . The Parole Board nonetheless released them shortly after they served a third of their sentences . There seems to be one rule for cop rapists and another for everyone else .


I really think its time the Parole system was overhauled or abolished , except for lifers or preventive detentions ( as they have no release date ) and we returned to automatic release after two thirds of the sentence is served . The way it operates now is arbitrary and unfair . “Establishment” criminals get out in the minimum time and others are denied Parole repeatedly , almost until they have served their entire sentences .

 

Arthur Taylor is a prisoner who fights for prisoner rights.

3 COMMENTS

  1. The impression that I got was that Scott Watson was being punished for wanting to talk to a journalist. Maybe it was an attempt to silence him.

  2. Dead right, Arthur.

    One law for the nobs, another law for the rest of us.

    The worst part is they still call it a “justice” system.

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