In the 1979 case Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex, the Supreme Court determined that parole was legally a privilege and not a right.

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The Supreme Court in Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex held that there is no constitutional or inherent right of a convicted person to be conditionally released before the expiration of a valid sentence, thus establishing parole as a privilege granted by the state, not a right.

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