The data shows that three men were among the parolees. The median age of the parolees sentenced for homicide was 41. The youngest parolee was a 38-year-old man sentenced in 2006, and the oldest was a 47-year-old man sentenced in 1995.
The offender who was incarcerated the longest was Terry G. Hedglin. He was convicted of homicide in 1995 when he was 23 years old. He is now 47.
Under state law, paroled offenders are still in legal custody of the IDOC, meaning they can be taken back to a correctional center at any time if the state has probable cause or a warrant.
The table below shows the 50 zips in Illinois with the most paroled offenders during the second half of 2018 who were convicted of homicide.
Prisoners convicted of homicide paroled during the second half of 2018
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