Currently, sentences are given as a time span and offenders are eligible for parole after serving the minimum amount. Rendell said he wants repeat violent criminals to serve a flat sentence without parole.
Rendell ordered temporarily halted the parole of state prison inmates in September and ordered a review after a Philadelphia police officer was killed by a paroled felon during a traffic stop.
He lifted the moratorium on paroling Pennsylvania's violent offenders after a consultant concluded that procedures for evaluating them are largely safe and effective.
