United States Ex Rel. John Bey v. Connecticut State Board of Parole

IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:

Nearly a century after its inception as one aspect of a reform ’ movement still widely identified as the “new” penology, the device of releasing prisoners from incarceration on a trial basis as parolees has long since gained common acceptance by the penal systems of every state. 1 Unlike most other Circuits, this court until recently has had little occasion to consider constraints that Fourteenth Amendment guarantees may place on the operation of state parole systems. This appeal, however, requires us for the third time within a year to decide whether an…