HARRISBURG (Oct. 21) – Four parolees represented by law professors at the University of Pennsylvania and Widener sued Gov. Ed Rendell Tuesday, alleging that the parole moratorium he announced in September and partially lifted Monday night is unlawful.

“What we’re alleging is that he’s got no authority to even tell the parole board what to do, or to tell the Department of Corrections not to release people,” said David Rudovsky, a senior fellow at Penn’s law school.

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