Explanation
- A
1 only
1 only. Parole is not a justiciable right merely because a prisoner ‘makes out a case’.
- B
2 only
2 only. States frame their own parole rules.
- C
Both 1 and 2
Both. Statement 1 over-states parole as a right.
- D
Neither 1 nor 2
Neither. Statement 2 holds.
Summary. Official key is (b) 2 only. Parole and furlough sit in State prison rules. They are concessions, not a fundamental right that cannot be refused once a prisoner argues a case.
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