Lawmakers are considering a bill that would make someone sentenced in youth to life without opportunity for parole - eligible for parole after serving 25 years.

The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles is proposing new parole guidelines after state lawmakers voted to withhold funding unless the document was updated as required by law.

They run toward danger and calm chaos — but who helps them heal? Quincy Police officers are sharing how new wellness efforts are helping them cope with the mental toll of the job.

The bill’s failure to advance marks a setback for criminal-justice reform advocates, who argue that California’s system is ...

A career criminal out of Mississippi is back behind bars thanks to Tennessee law enforcement agencies sharing information and using license plate recognition technology to track the suspect across ...

Brazos County State Senator Charles Schwertner visits with WTAW’s Scott DeLucia about the senate’s version of public school ...

KHP Trooper association president says its glad that the decision to grant Jimmie Nelms parole was reversed. Thanks community ...

EARLY ONE MONDAY MORNING in May, Vincent O’Bannon was dropped off outside the gates of San Quentin Rehabilitation Center after serving more than 15 years in prison.He was convicted of commercial ...

Fallen Navasota Police Officer Sergeant Mark Butler had his badge number retired in a special ceremony on Thursday. The City ...

After a hearing in March, state authorities are granting Nelms’ parole. Brenda Stevenson, the daughter of another trooper who chased Nems down, said she looks back at the day that her father ...

“Yet, the legal framework allowing parole existed at the time and has now come full ... friends and “anyone who ever has or ever will wear the badge of a Kansas state trooper.” “It does not go ...