17 Quotes by Russ Marlan

Our desire was that he be reviewed by the parole board for those serious violations. Unfortunately that did not occur.

One group was upset about the way this was handled.

It was a rapid retreat once they saw the emergency team advancing.

It is the program's intent to remove any barriers that would prevent them from getting a job, paying taxes and abstaining from illegal behavior. Before, it didn't take a genius to figure out it wouldn't be long before they'd go back to stealing, selling drugs, whatever it took to make a living.

In any case, if there's information a parolee is using drugs or alcohol, that is definitely something we would like to know.

If he had gone to the board, they could have decided to continue his probation or reinstate the remaining two years on his original sentence for armed robbery.

If he's truly interested in reducing parolee crime, he should show up and attend these meetings.

These are human beings who have a long history of failing to comply with laws, and were not going to say this is a cure-all. But we hope we can see at least a modest reduction.