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Staff to parole board: Prison discipline policy too slow to be useful
South Dakota Searchlight via Yahoo News· 7 days agoAn updated discipline policy at the Department of Corrections has so frustrated staff that they...
Alabama parole board would be forced to consider an inmate’s health under new bill
Birmingham News· 3 days agoA divided House Judiciary Committee Wednesday approved legislation allowing the Alabama Board of ...
Bill allows inmates to participate in parole hearings virtually
Birmingham News· 17 hours agoAlabama inmates do not appear in person before the three-member Board of Pardons and Paroles for...
Parole considered for inmate who killed woman 37 years ago when he was 18
KSL Salt Lake City· 3 days agoIn 1989, the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole told James Pernell Sherard he would serve the rest of...
Mike Blakely still waiting on parole release, appeal of sentence has been denied
WHNT Huntsville via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIn the March hearing the Board of Pardons and Paroles deadlocked in a 1-1 vote, with one...
Wayne Burgess, jailed 24 years on overturned murder conviction, sues Pulaski PD, Giles County
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 3 days agoPeople who are exonerated or pardoned can submit a claim to the Tennessee Department of Treasury, although state law caps the amount paid out at $1 million ...
Attempt to oust Travis County DA shows damaging effects of HB17
San Antonio Express-News· 1 day agoTomorrow it could be Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales. HB17 was the culmination of a...
Governor Landry pushes bill to give him and future governors more authority over boards and...
WAFB Baton Rouge· 2 days agoSoon the governor may have more authority to appoint the top people on boards and commissions....
After serving 31 years, Alabama inmate Robert George celebrates release from prison
CBS 42 Birmingham· 2 days agoMONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — Tuesday marked a day 31 years in the marking for Robert George, who...
Your guide to voting in the May 4 elections
KHOU 11 Houston· 7 days agoIt's a special election to fill the vacated Texas Senate seat that John Whitmire left to become mayor of Houston. There are also a variety of races to...