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Speaker 2: I think we should sit in the back this time.

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Speaker 3: Oh, I will need to be right by the podium.

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Speaker 3: So make sure next is fine, okay, no problem this, yeah, sure.

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Speaker 2: and Jacob Orr will also be I'm here speaking for

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Good morning everyone. It's ten thirty five am.

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Speaker 1: We're back on the record. This is Melinda Kunrod with

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Speaker 1: the Commission on a Fender review. I'm joining with Commissioner

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Speaker 1: Davison and Commissioner Whitant we're about to start the full

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Speaker 1: The first case that we're calling is Item twenty two

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Speaker 1: on page twelve, Leo Schofield. This is an effective interview

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Speaker 1: that was conducted on March twenty seven, twenty twenty Ford

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Speaker 1: Everglades CI the investigators recommending parole. Good morning, Jods, we'd

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Speaker 4: Good morning, Commissioner. It's my name is Scott Kopp. I'm

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Speaker 4: the attorney for Leo Schofield. I'm not going to say

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Speaker 4: to call Sergeant Simmons.

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Speaker 5: Good morning.

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Speaker 6: My name is Sergeant James Simmons. I'm currently employed at

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Speaker 6: Jefferson Correctional Institution. I've been with the department twenty eight years.

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Speaker 6: Of those twenty eight years, I've known Leo Schofield for

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Speaker 6: twenty seven of those years. Of them twenty seven years,

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Speaker 6: me and Leal Scofield has worked together for the last

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Speaker 6: ten years. Lei Schofield was a great inmate at Hardy

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Speaker 6: Correction to institution. He was a great assets there. I

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Speaker 6: know Mm Schofield had took the theology class to earn

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Speaker 5: He also helped me.

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Speaker 6: Leo Scofield was there to help me. I know Leo

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Speaker 6: Leo Schofield make a great candidate for Parot.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, sergeant, Thank you for your service.

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Speaker 7: Good morning, Donald, Commissioner's med Him, Chair Commissioner Davidson, Commissioner Wyatt.

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Speaker 7: I stand before you today on behalf of Leo Schofield

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Speaker 7: because this is the case that I know in and out,

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Speaker 7: And from then on now today I stand before you.

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Speaker 7: In fact, tomorrow I have thirty six men that are

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Speaker 7: I've known him for thirty years. His character demeanor have

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Speaker 8: My name is Jeffrey Reuter, CTP Alumni, Noah's House Community Outreach,

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Speaker 8: House Coordinator, Commissioner, Kunrod, Commissioner, Dason Commissioner. Why. I've known

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Speaker 8: And Leo was always he always stayed the course and

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Speaker 8: and I know that Leo's heart goes out to his wife, Michelle.

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Speaker 8: Leo is very mindful that as well. He worked first

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Speaker 8: recorded that music at Hearty CI and now that's part

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Speaker 8: we're not here to determine guilt or innocence, but ken Leo,

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Speaker 8: And I submit that he can. Pastor Tony Parker and

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Speaker 8: I from Noah's Community Outreach, we've been talking about Leo

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Speaker 8: We will help lead and guide Leo post release if

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Speaker 8: you grant him grace today, and that is my humble request,

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Speaker 8: would you please grant Leo grace today? Thank you, thank you.

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Speaker 4: I'm not sure who's on the phone from.

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Speaker 5: CTP, but you got about a minute.

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Speaker 9: Could you pick one person to speak.

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Speaker 10: Please yeah, good morning, Convintions Choy Martin, thank you, missus,

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Speaker 10: Missus Coonroh, and Missus Davis and mister Waynet. Thanks for

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Speaker 10: with all due respect, that Leo loves music as well,

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Speaker 10: I believe that he's an excellent candidate for parole, and

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Speaker 10: I believe that he is epitome of a model prisoner

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Speaker 10: that would translate into being successful citizen. And society. I

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Speaker 10: respectfully request that you parole him today. Thank you for

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Speaker 4: I'm not going to Labor commissioners what you already know.

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Speaker 4: We've had our meetings you for view to pack it.

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Speaker 4: I think you pretty much know what you want to do,

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Speaker 4: more than what these men have said and what you've read.

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Speaker 4: Leo has continued to achieve and exceed expectations wherever he's

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Speaker 4: been the one thing I do want to address, if

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Speaker 4: it's very important. It's very important to Leo, it's very

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Speaker 4: important to all of us. He needs to go as

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Speaker 4: soon as possible. Thirteen days. He needs to go April thirtieth,

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Speaker 4: not in June, not two more months. If that becomes

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Speaker 4: the walkout date, that, in my opinion, is merely punitive.

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Speaker 4: It serves no purpose whatsoever with that. I'll turn the

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Speaker 1: Thank you very much. Now we're going to move to

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Speaker 1: those in opposition. Mister Orr is here and do we

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Speaker 1: have anyone online wishing to speak? If so, pressed our

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Speaker 1: six go, oh, good morning. Are you speaking on the

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Speaker 1: And what is your name?

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Speaker 11: My name is Jason Schofield.

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Speaker 1: All thank you, all right, mister Orr from you, Good morning, commissioners.

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Speaker 12: My name is Jake or I'm an assistant state attorney

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Speaker 12: Last year, I addressed you regarding this case, and I

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Speaker 12: An example of that that involves this commission happened in

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Speaker 4: Close quote.

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Speaker 12: Later in his presentation, mister Hill told you that Leo

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Speaker 12: But it's worse than that, because this is not argumentative

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Speaker 12: all those reviews, every time they've determined there is sufficient

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Speaker 12: all anyone could ever ask of you. You have a

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Miss jore. Do we have either Ricky or

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Speaker 5: In the matter of Leo Schofield.

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Speaker 13: I've had the opportunity to review this case, and it's entirety.

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Speaker 13: not the first aid that I've had the opptinnity to

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Speaker 13: How real, the vote of this commission was to extend

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Speaker 13: he has paroled here today.

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Speaker 5: So as mister Orr has requested my.

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Speaker 13: Honest review of this case, and that is my honest

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Speaker 13: and that determination is that mister Scholfield is guilty.

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Speaker 5: Of first degree murder. Today, my vote is.

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Speaker 13: To parole mister Scholfield to the max on June twenty five,

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Speaker 13: twenty twenty four, Terms four and five.

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Speaker 1: Thank you Commissioner.

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Speaker 14: White, Thank you man, Thank you all for here testimony

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Speaker 14: today as it relates to mister Schofield, and I too

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Speaker 14: Mister Schofield has been incarcerated for a long period of time.

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Speaker 14: A lot has changed since then, so I felt it

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Speaker 14: Since his admission into that program, he's done well. He's

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Speaker 5: Upon my review this case, my.

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Speaker 14: Vote today is parol to the max April thirty, twenty

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Speaker 1: And after review the entire record and hearing all the

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Speaker 13: Yes, The special conditions are entering complete the Noah Community Outreach.

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Speaker 5: Program for a period of one year.

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Speaker 11: Agree.

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Speaker 13: Mandatory mental health and substance of use evaluation and treatment

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Speaker 13: Agree Anger and stress management evaluation and treatment as necessary.

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Speaker 13: Agree six months community controlled during the Noah Community Outreach Program,

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Speaker 13: Agree participate in the after care components of the FIU

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Speaker 5: Agree pay restitution to.

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Speaker 13: Be determined the case number eighty eight, that's twenty three

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Speaker 13: for good costs by the Commission or the parole officer.

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Speaker 5: I agree.

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Speaker 13: I don't have any additional terms.

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Speaker 5: That's terms.

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Speaker 1: Thank everyone, take a real brief break so that the cameras.

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Speaker 2: Leo is being paroled and he'll be getting out of

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Speaker 9: What happened today. Obviously it's a good thing, but it's

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Speaker 9: Leo is going to be paroled. Then I'll go to

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Speaker 11: He is not free.

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Speaker 9: He's gotten all kinds of restrictions and all kinds of hoops.

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Speaker 9: He's going to have to jump through, and it's going

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Speaker 9: And some folks have extreme difficulty doing it because you

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Speaker 9: Try living that way.

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Speaker 5: So the fight now turns.

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Speaker 9: To looking into getting him exonerated, but he's in for

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Speaker 9: a very difficult time, make no mistake about it.

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Speaker 15: You want to walk and talk for a minute, sure,

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Speaker 15: get us up crying, you're loving The whole entire day

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Speaker 15: is exhausting. You know, you think you're going to be

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Speaker 15: calm and cool and relaxed, and they start talking.

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Speaker 13: And in the tone and.

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Speaker 15: You're the emotions and the butterflies just kick in and

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Speaker 15: you just starting oh, here come the tears, Here come

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Speaker 15: the tears, and uh so it's a lot. It's ah,

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Speaker 15: it's hard to put into words the level of emotion

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Speaker 15: that I feel right now. Like a lot of people

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Speaker 15: are saying congratulations and yeay, and it's exciting, but it's

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Speaker 15: we're still we're not done.

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Speaker 3: He's not free.

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Speaker 15: I mean, he's out, but it's not over.

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