Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MaKayla Phifer, an advocate with VOCAL (Victims of Crime and Leniency), testifies before the Board of Pardons and Paroles during a ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — Cam Ward, director of the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles, said parole grant rates are ending the year at a record high. In an October meeting of the Joint Prison ...

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Parole offers a second chance for those released from prison, but it comes with strict rules and expectations. Unfortunately, many parolees unknowingly or knowingly violate the conditions of their ...

A California parole board has denied parole for Lyle Menendez, who was convicted alongside his brother of murdering their parents in 1989.The parole board also denied Erik Menendez parole Thursday.

SAN ANTONIO – Yolanda Saldívar, the woman convicted of killing Tejano music legend Selena Quintanilla Perez, was denied parole on Thursday, nearly 30 years after the singer’s death. In a statement, ...

After a nearly 10-hour hearing, California officials denied Erik Menendez parole on Thursday after he spent decades behind bars for killing his parents, Kitty and Jose Menendez, in 1989. The presiding ...

President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is imposing a $1,000 fee on most immigrants seeking temporary parole into the United States, citing concerns that the program was ...