A man has died of a suspected heart attack just before his parole board hearing at an Auckland prison.

About 225 people serving life-without-parole sentences are eligible for review under an obscure, short-lived North Carolina ...

Nebraska lawmakers gave colleagues a first look at some details behind the Executive Board’s recommendation to expel State ...

Massachusetts became the first state to ban life without parole for offenders convicted of crimes they committed when they ...

Seacoast-area letter writers address uninformed complaints about development, GOP's approach to health care, state and ...

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Wednesday announced three appointments to the seven-member state Board of Corrections ...

Janice Buttrum was 17 years old when she was arrested in September 1980 in Whitfield County, Georgia, for murdering a 19-year-old woman with her older abusive husband. Georgia author Jodi McDaniel ...

The number of people approved for discretionary parole by the Alaska State Board of Parole has dropped significantly in recent years, and advocates are asking the board for explanations. Last year, ...

Nov. 5 (UPI) --A divided five-member parole board in Oklahoma voted Wednesday to recommend clemency for a 46-year-old man on death row for the 2001 New Year's Eve stabbing death of a 19-year-old ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — On Wednesday, the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted 3-2 to recommend clemency for death row prisoner Tremane Wood. Wood's execution is currently scheduled for Nov. 13. On Monday, ...

The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board has selected one of its own to lead the agency into its next chapter. During Wednesday’s board meeting, members voted to promote General Counsel Kyle Counts as the ...

A convicted first-degree murderer who killed a convenience store owner in front of her 7-year-old daughter has been granted parole. Murder victim Kenia Melo (Herald archives) The Massachusetts Parole ...