Legal Opinion
Robert T. Huggins v. John Isenbarger, Chairman, Indiana Parole Board
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 8, 1986No. 85-3036PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Per curiam
Sentenced in 1964 to life in prison for first degree murder, Robert Huggins has tried to secure release by clemency or parole. Five times the Governor of Indiana declined to commute Huggins’ sentence. In 1984, after serving 20 years, he became eligible for parole. So far the state’s parole board has declined at least thrice to release Huggins. Each time the board sent Huggins a form preprinted “it was the decision of the Indiana Parole Board not to grant parole at this time for the following reasons” followed by a handlettered notation. The notation for February 1984 is: “SeRIOUSness of…
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