Israel
Until 2001, parole in Israel was only possible after the prisoner had served two thirds of their sentence. On 13 February 2001 the Knesset passed a bill, brought forward by Reuven Rivlin and David Libai, which allowed the early release of prisoners who had served half of their prison term. Although the law was originally intended to help ease overcrowding in prisons, various opponents of the bill began asserting in the Israeli media that the law's real goal was to have Aryeh Deri released earlier from prison. Although the law eventually passed it did not affect Deri since the parole board rejected his request for an early release.
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—Bible: Hebrew, Deuteronomy 34:10.
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