Father's Parole Update

John Biermans and the HSA Legal Department
June 1985

Father's appeal to the full nine-member U.S. Parole Commission was denied on April 22.

The Parole Commission's initial denial of Father's application for parole had been made by a consensus of four members. In order to overturn this decision, five votes would have been necessary. Regrettably, this was not forthcoming and the final denial was made without explanation or comment by the Parole Commission.

There is no further appeal of this decision.

The President, of course, always holds the power to commute the sentence or grant a full pardon to any person while in prison or even long afterwards.