context: Roman has no right or entitlement to parole under Pennsylvania law. At most and reading the facts he has plead in his favor, Roman -- in deciding to assert his right to remain silent and thereby refusing to participate in the sex offender rehabilitation program -- has forfeited his opportunity for early release on his 1971 murder sentence, the terms of which were imposed following full and fair criminal proceedings.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 299 F.3d 1226, 1226
citation_a.parenthetical: describing loss of good-time credits, which are permissive but not guaranteed, as a loss of an "opportunity" for early release
citation_a.sentence: See McKune, 536 U.S. at 53, 122 S.Ct. 2017 (O’Connor, J., concurring); Searcy, 299 F.3d at 1226 (describing loss of good-time credits, which are permissive but not guaranteed, as a loss of an “opportunity” for early release); see also Ohio v. Woodard, 523 U.S. at 286-88, 118 S.Ct. 1244 (“It is difficult to see how a voluntary interview could ‘compel’ respondent to speak.... [The] pressure to speak in the hope of improving his chance of being granted clemency does not make the inter view compelled.”).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.parenthetical: "It is difficult to see how a voluntary interview could 'compel' respondent to speak.... [The] pressure to speak in the hope of improving his chance of being granted clemency does not make the inter view compelled."
citation_b.sentence: See McKune, 536 U.S. at 53, 122 S.Ct. 2017 (O’Connor, J., concurring); Searcy, 299 F.3d at 1226 (describing loss of good-time credits, which are permissive but not guaranteed, as a loss of an “opportunity” for early release); see also Ohio v. Woodard, 523 U.S. at 286-88, 118 S.Ct. 1244 (“It is difficult to see how a voluntary interview could ‘compel’ respondent to speak.... [The] pressure to speak in the hope of improving his chance of being granted clemency does not make the inter view compelled.”).