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Prisoner held indefinitely refused parole after making landmark public bid for freedom
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA parole board has refused to release a prisoner trapped under an abolished indefinite jail term...
Controversial commutations halted by CT parole board after outcry over decades cut from murderers’...
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFollowing a public outcry, the state Board of Pardons and Paroles has temporarily halted reductions in prison sentences for violent criminals. The board halted the commutations after embattled ...
Jailed former Thai leader Thaksin granted parole, PM says
Reuters via AOL· 3 months agoBANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand's controversial billionaire former premier Thaksin Shinawatra has been...
Controversial KY crime bill passes Senate committee over chairman’s objections
Lexington Herald-Leader McClatchy via AOL· 2 months agoThe Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday brushed aside an attempt by its own chairman to soften a...
Judge: Crimes of Oxford school shooter Ethan Crumbley qualify for life without parole
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 8 months agoOxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley is eligible for a life-without-parole sentence as a judge...
Ex-Jewish Defense League bomber's parole a 'gut punch' for Palestinian Americans
LA Times via Yahoo News· 7 months agoRobert Manning, sentenced to life in the mail-bomb murder of a Manhattan Beach secretary, has been...
Son of controversial Minnesota lawmaker arrested over crash that killed five women preparing for...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe son of a controversial former Minnesota lawmaker was arrested in connection with a high-speed...
Sioux Falls City Council defers controversial rezoning plan for halfway house in All Saints
Argus Leader via Yahoo News· 10 months agoIt'll be another two weeks before the Sioux Falls City Council makes a decision on the controversial...
Parole for Thailand's Thaksin reflects rise of new threat to old guard
Reuters via Yahoo News· 3 months agoBANGKOK (Reuters) -The early release of Thailand's once-fugitive ex-Prime Minister Thaksin...
KY House sends controversial anti-crime bill to Senate. What changed, what stayed in?
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe Kentucky House made more changes on Thursday to its sprawling, controversial anti-crime package...