Charles A. Johnson v. J. Williford, Warden, Metropolitan Correctional Center United States Parole Commission and United States of America

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• holding that defendant who was mistakenly granted parole by the govern- ment but had reintegrated into the community was unlikely to threaten the public interest
• holding that it would be inconsistent with fundamental principles of liberty and justice to return Johnson to prison where the federal authorities took no action on the detainer
• holding that it would be “inconsistent with fundamental principles of liberty and 26 justice” to re-incarcerate a mistakenly released prisoner who had readjusted to society and 27 complied with the terms of release
• holding elements met where the Parole Commission deliberately released defendant, even though he was ineligible for parole
• holding incarceration violated fundamental principles of justice
• prisoner who was convicted and sentenced under a federal statute requiring a 10-year minimum sentence without possibility of parole was erroneously paroled

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