Former Judge Claiborne’s Request for Parole Rejected by Commission
The U.S. Parole Commission on Tuesday denied a parole request by former Judge Harry E. Claiborne, who was removed from the bench earlier this month when the Senate convicted him of “high crimes and misdemeanors.”
Benjamin Baer, chairman of the U.S. Parole Commission, said the former chief U.S. district judge for Nevada was notified of the decision at a federal prison camp at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
The 69-year-old Claiborne began serving a two-year sentence in April at Maxwell for failing to report $106,651 in legal fees on his 1979 and 1980 tax returns.
Can Appeal Decision
Claiborne, who will not be eligible for release from prison until October, 1987, has a right to appeal the parole decision to the nine-member parole commission when it meets in January, Baer said. The commission chairman said he did not know if Claiborne planned to appeal.
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