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."