Taking 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.
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Virginia’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.
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As 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.
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California’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.
Read moreThousands of parolees could regain the right to vote under a criminal-justice bill approved Thursday by California lawmakers.
Read moreA federal judge ruled Thursday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement must make parole decisions on an individual basis for immigrants seeking asylum instead of issuing blanket denials.
Read moreA federal judge affirmed a woman is entitled to $70,000 in attorney fees in addition to $350,000 in damages on her claims of harassment and false reporting by her drug court parole officer.
Read moreChallenging last week’s release of former Weather Underground activist Judith Clark, two victims of the fatal 1981 Brink’s armored-van robbery for which Clark drove the getaway car brought a lawsuit Monday claiming the vote rested on a conflict of interest.
Read moreA Louisiana inmate whose case led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling extending the hope of freedom to juvenile offenders sentenced to life without the possibility of parole was again denied that freedom on Thursday after more than five decades in prison.
Read moreA federal judge on Thursday tossed a civil rights class action brought by late rapper Tupac Shakur’s stepfather against the Federal Bureau of Prisons, finding a habeas corpus petition, not a class action, is the vehicle to address claims of sham parole hearings and rights violations.
Read moreNearly 50,000 Californians currently on parole could regain the right to vote under a voting rights bill introduced on Monday.
Read moreSix months after Governor Andrew Cuomo restored the voting rights of 35,000 New Yorkers on parole, the New York City Council met Wednesday to focus on drumming up awareness.
Read moreThe woman who kidnapped Utah teen Elizabeth Smart 16 years ago in a bizarre plot to procure a child bride for her husband will be released from prison Sept. 19, the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole announced Monday.
Read moreA Colorado bill encouraging 10,000 parolees to vote passed the House Committee on State, Veterans and Military Affairs on Thursday.
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