Does the parole board have a duty to render impartial decisions in cases that excite strong feelings?

However, "[b]ecause parole board officials perform tasks that are functionally comparable to those performed by the judiciary, they owe the same duty[] to render impartial decisions in cases and controversies that excite strong feelings because the litigant's liberty is at stake." O'Bremski v. Maass, 915 F.2d 418, 422 (9th Cir. 1990) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted). A prisoner is entitled to have his parole hearings conducted by a parole board that is "free from bias or prejudice." Id.