HB85 would have required the Department of Corrections to recommend revoking a person's extended supervision, parole, or probation if the person is charged with a crime while on release.
The Assembly voted to pass HB85 on March 13, 2025, by a vote of 53 to 43, prior to the Governor's veto. We have assigned pluses to the ayes because denying parole to repeat offenders reduces crime. In the United States, most crimes are committed by those with a previous criminal record. Modern-day parole has been an unquestionable failure. It has delivered America over to lawlessness by subjecting society to waves of released criminals. This is an immense obstruction of justice, as it hinders the state's ability to uphold the rights of victims and protect the public. No criminal should walk out of court as a free person when he should be placed under restraint or even executed. A criminal-justice system is only as good as those who apply the law, and the threat of imprisonment is no better than the likelihood of a sentence being carried out. Incorrigible criminals (e.g., "stubborn and rebellious") must be removed from society. The "due process" and "equal protection" requirements in the Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment follow the Common Law retributive principle that "the punishment should fit the crime." Only persons convicted of less serious, non-capital crimes, who have made just restitution for their past wrongs, ought to have their constitutionally protected rights restored.
