The defense starts its arguments on Tuesday in the Austin Thompson case. Thompson, now 18, was 15 at the time he opened fire in Raleigh's Hedingham neighborhood and killed five people.

The Massachusetts man waited seven months for his parole decision, highlighting unusual delays in Massachusetts Parole Board's handling of life sentence cases.

Paroling rates have risen in Massachusetts, and the new chair of the Parole Board doesn't see the increase as a negative.

A man convicted of killing Spanish Fork teenager Kiplyn Davis in 1995 will walk out of prison on Tuesday after serving his full sentence. Timmy Brent Olsen, now 48, was convicted of manslaughter, a ...

In reaching the deal, Florida is harnessing a tactic called “sue and settle,” in which a plaintiff files a lawsuit against a friendly administration, and both sides agree to a new, binding policy that ...

The detainment of Joswar Slater Rodriguez Torres in June sparked a big protest in Spokane, as residents swarmed the ICE office.

Dispute over possible murder charge goes on as arraignment scheduled for Pa. parole agent Kevin J. Seelinger in death of ...

Arkansas' Parole Board and Department of Corrections is facing a class action civil rights lawsuit brought by high-power law ...

The American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas sued top prison officials in federal court Monday, alleging that the state’s ...

A group of Arkansas parolees is suing the Department of Corrections, the board that conducts parole hearings and others, saying people appearing at parole hearings are routinely denied access to ...

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Ms. Snyder is a contributing Opinion writer. Shajia Ayobi is a 59-year-old grandmother imprisoned for her role in the murder of her abusive husband. Last January, she went before California’s parole ...