"abolish" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The Republicans had argued that the way to control crime was to impose longer prison sentences and abolish parole.
- In 1984 Congress abolished parole for federal crimes committed beginning November 1987 .
- Last week he vowed to crack down on crime by abolishing parole and lengthening prison terms for violent offenders.
- At the news conference, he said simply that if elected governor, he would abolish parole for violent felons.
- Mississippi, which had abolished discretionary parole in 1995, decided to bring it back for nonviolent first-time offenders.
- In the end, no law was enacted, but the Democrats can go home and tell voters that they, too, voted to abolish parole.
- The prudent response, however, is not to abolish probation and parole, but to reinvent them.
- Because Florida had long abolished parole, the sentence is without it.
- Would have abolished discretionary parole for all violent felons, requiring them to serve at least 85 percent of their sentences.
- "They do not necessarily have to change the law, and they certainly don't have to abolish parole."
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