Hill mentions he wants to find the name of the woman that Jackson Vahue assaulted to let her know he is up for parole so she can speak at his hearing. However this would not be necessary, when an inmate convicted of a violent crime, especially sexual assault, is being considered for parole the Board of Parole is required to notify the victims of the crime so that they have an opportunity to make a victim impact statement at the inmate's parole hearing if they choose to.
It is revealed that Leroy Tidd was the getaway driver in an armed robbery where the victim was killed, he was convicted of reckless endangerment and robbery in the first degree and sentenced to 20 years with the possibility of parole after 12. He should have also been charged with felony murder as he was an active participant in a violent felony that resulted in the death of a person. However it is possible he plead guilty to the other charges to avoid the felony murder charge, DA's offices often make plea deals like this in order to avoid the cost of a trial, and more importantly prevent the family of the victim the pain and stress of a trial.
The scripture Schillinger quotes is Isaiah 11:6-9, he appears to be reading from the American Standard Version of the Bible.
It is revealed that Timothy Kirk was convicted of manslaughter and endangering the welfare of a child for leaving a baby in a dumpster to die. Oz is supposed to take place in the state of New York, this episode was filmed around the time that New York's first safe haven law was passed, it went into effect in July of 2000. Safe haven laws, also called "Baby Moses laws", decriminalize the act of leaving unharmed infants at designated places, typically hospitals, police and fire stations. The goal of the law is to decrease child abandonment and infant mortality rates, but also to protect parents that can't properly care for a newborn. A baby left at one of these places becomes a ward of the state and is placed into foster care, and the parent's legal rights are terminated. The law only applies to newborn infants, the exact age varies by state in some it is only 72 hours after birth, in others 60 days but the average is 30 days; the exceptions being Utah: 72 days, New Mexico: 90 days and North Dakota: 364 days. Some states allow for the birth parent(s) to reclaim the child, but it must be done within a strict time limit, usually 14 days.