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# In Their Hands
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/in-their-hands/specials/in-their-hands-d25wn0/
- Published: 2026-03-30T19:15:30.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-01T07:33:11.000Z
- Description: One man's fight for freedom and a peek behind the curtain at the politics of parole.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: In Their Hands, #ZZZ_Show_338bcdda-d1d8-496d-b8d4-39ab74129b74, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Special_64880c8e-2a9f-4d29-9300-65078d55075a, #special

Ronnie Carrasquillo appears destined to die in prison. 47 years after he killed a plainclothes police officer, his life is in the hands of a parole board whose decision-making is swayed by shifting political sands and an ever-present police union. As Ronnie’s family and attorneys fight for his freedom, they keep coming back to the same question: “is this any way to decide a man’s fate?”