They Killed in 2nd Degree, Now Fighting Life Without Parole
There are only two states in the country where parole is not possible after a second-degree murder conviction. An appeal in Pennsylvania could change that.
Read moreThere are only two states in the country where parole is not possible after a second-degree murder conviction. An appeal in Pennsylvania could change that.
Read moreThe California Supreme Court ruled Monday that nonviolent sex offenders can be considered for early parole under an initiative passed in 2016 that extended parole eligibility to all inmates convicted of nonviolent felonies.
Read moreVirginia Republican legislators are pushing for new transparency requirements in the state’s parole system after the agency tasked with doling out the rare reward for good behavior made several missteps during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Read moreThanks to a decision Thursday by Louisiana’s Committee on Parole, a 63-year-old Black man will no longer serve a life sentence behind bars for taking a pair of hedge clippers more than two decades ago.
Read moreCalifornia’s highest court will soon decide whether Proposition 57 — an initiative passed by voters in 2016 that expanded parole to all inmates convicted of nonviolent felonies — should apply to a convicted rapist and child molester serving 35 years to life after repeatedly slashing his girlfriend with a knife.
Read moreThe man who gunned down John Lennon outside his Manhattan apartment in 1980 was denied parole for an 11th time, state corrections officials said Wednesday.
Read moreSix so-called “death by incarceration” inmates went to court Wednesday to challenge Pennsylvania’s policy of denying parole to those sentenced to life in prison for felony murder.
Read moreCalifornia prison administrators refuse to turn over public data on parole candidates because they disagree with a researcher’s prior findings of racial disparities in parole board decisions, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday.
Read moreA report released Thursday by immigration watchdogs shines an unflattering light on the Trump administration’s treatment of asylum seekers and detainees, finding a lack of adequate medical care and oversight at detention centers as the number of facilities and detainees grows.
Read moreTaking up the case of a 15-year-old who killed his grandfather, the Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether a juvenile must be ruled “permanently incorrigible” to get a life sentence without parole.
Read moreVirginia’s attorney general has agreed to dismiss an appeal of the life sentence for the then-teenage accomplice in the 2002 D.C. sniper shootings following the passage of a state law updating sentencing rules.
Read moreAs Mississippi lawmakers seek ways to improve a prison system shaken by recent deadly violence, a related problem is looming: A judge said Tuesday that parole officers are “woefully underpaid and overworked.”
Read moreA family claims Utah Probation and Parole officers swarmed into their house looking for a man they knew was not there, beat family members without reason and stole $7,000 from the house, in federal court.
Read moreMichael Brodheim, a graduate student in public administration, sued the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for information on the racial makeup of prisoners who apply for parole, in San Francisco Superior Court.
Read moreA federal class action filed Wednesday claims that California has failed to carry out a package of reforms passed in 2017 that utilized parole consideration for those convicted of nonviolent crimes.
Read moreCalifornia’s struggle to implement sweeping criminal justice reforms continued Tuesday as a state appeals court ruled that corrections officials’ handling of early parole requests by inmates doing time for nonviolent crimes violates a 2016 voter-approved measure.
Read moreThe Community Success Initiative and the NAACP sued North Carolina in Wake County Court, claiming it is unconstitutionally preventing more than 70,000 citizens from voting until they are “unconditionally discharged” from probation, parole or a suspended sentence.
Read moreA parolee claims her parole agent in Sacramento sexually assaulted her repeatedly under threat of sending her back to prison if she refused, in federal court.
Read moreCalifornia’s Second Appellate District denied the habeas petition of convicted Manson Family murderer Leslie Van Houten on Friday, finding then-Gov. Jerry Brown’s decision to reverse a 2017 grant of parole because Van Houten hasn’t taken enough responsibility for her crimes is supported by evidence in the record.
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