The following appeared on Slate in an article on the exoneration of Jonbenet Ramsey's parents:

I was about to write that we haven't yet executed anyone exonerated
by DNA. But that's the wrong way to write the sentence. Here's the
right way: We haven't yet exonerated by DNA anyone we've executed. The
discovery comes after the act... The Ramseys had to wait 12 years, long enough
for JonBenet's mother to die while still under suspicion. But at least
they weren't in jail. The Innocence Project reports: "The average
length of time served by exonerees is 12 years. The total number of
years served is approximately 2,694."

What's real...

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The following appeared on Slate in an article on the exoneration of Jonbenet Ramsey's parents:

I was about to write that we haven't yet executed anyone exonerated
by DNA. But that's the wrong way to write the sentence. Here's the
right way: We haven't yet exonerated by DNA anyone we've executed. The
discovery comes after the act... The Ramseys had to wait 12 years, long enough
for JonBenet's mother to die while still under suspicion. But at least
they weren't in jail. The Innocence Project reports: "The average
length of time served by exonerees is 12 years. The total number of
years served is approximately 2,694."

What's really scary is that those 218 people were lucky. None of them had been put to death.

What this has to do with parole is that public opinion tends to assume guilt - with or without, before or after - conviction (whether rightly convicted or not). In cases of parole or pardon, the stigma still attaches. From what little is presented here about Lawrence, there seems little to leave doubt that she was guilty; however, she applied herself towards rehabilitation, learned useful skills only to be denied the opportunity to return to society and prove whether she is ready and fit to do so not one but three and possibly four times. To continue to call it a "correctional system" under such circumstances is both a sick joke and a tragic lie.

As Lawrence herself said,

"I was pretty successful by their standards, inside, notwithstanding
the crime itself," she said. "They were talking rehabilitation. The
system was talking rehabilitation. Here's a person who's rehabilitated.
Now what?"