Current law makes parole available to certain individuals, with board approval — but only for sentences rendered before Oct.

As part of his parole conditions, Joyner must pay to Georgia’s crime victim compensation fund, complete a domestic violence course, and undergo substance abuse assessments. PEACHTREE CITY ...

A Los Angeles judge has reduced the sentences of Erik and Lyle Menendez, who have been serving life in prison for the 1989 murders of their parents. The Long Shadow Of Bill Clinton Over The ‘One ...

A backlog at the state’s Parole Board is keeping prisoners locked up for longer, with criminal lawyers being told new applications are unlikely to be considered for at least two months.

Most people expect that parole will be granted upon eligibility if they stay out of trouble and take whatever classes and programs they can while incarcerated. But the “seriousness of the crime ...

Advocates for expanded parole eligibility say prisoners who have been rehabilitated and are no threat to public safety remain in prisons where taxpayers foot expensive bills for incarceration.

A Los Angeles judge reduced the brothers’ sentences from life in prison without parole to 50 years to ... no later than six months following their eligibility date, according to board policy ...