Silly me. Here I thought only a judge — an individual who is charged with objectively meting out justice, highly trained in the law, duly empowered to pass a sentence, sits in a public forum, and ...

Dear editor, Thank you for publicizing the parole board hearing for Robert Shippmann, the man who murdered my daughter, Juli Mathis Shippmann (“Napa killer denied parole,” Oct. 23.) Several letters ...

I am never sure what kind of response my writing will receive, or what kind of audience it will reach. To my surprise, a column I wrote in April for USA TODAY reached an audience of inmates in America ...

I write as a law professor specializing in criminal law to commend the New York State Board of Parole for granting parole to David Gilbert ("70s radical David Gilbert granted parole in Brink’s robbery ...

CATSKILL — Two of Greene County’s top lawmen wrote letters to the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision in July opposing parole for Sade Knox, who was convicted in ...

Last week, the friends and family of Kali Manley started writing letters opposing the parole of her killer, David Alvarez, after serving 25 years of his sentence. Alvarez killed Kali on Dec. 20, 1998, ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Officials say they’ve already received more than 100 letters about convicted child killer Susan Smith ahead of her Nov. 20 parole hearing. Susan murdered her sons, ...