The Times Union’s in-depth reporting on the injustices of the parole system has covered everything from racial disparities in parole releases to the shocking decrease in overall releases amid deadly ...

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I have been encouraged by the recent actions of the Board of Parole to follow guidelines that rely on more objective data and criteria to determine parole eligibility. Consequently, I am very ...

Dr. Cory Franklin has expertise in intensive care but not the legal or criminal fields. His opinion in his recent op-ed has a glaring omission (“Should former Manson family member Leslie Van Houten be ...

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LD 1941, which would reestablish parole in Maine, will be reviewed at a public legislative hearing on Jan. 8. Testimony is ...

Susan Smith, in prison for the cold-blooded 1994 murders of her two young sons, is hoping to be granted parole later this month — but the parole board has been deluged with dozens of letters of ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- The state’s official government watchdog agency has completed an investigation into allegations made against the Virginia Parole Board, but the results and findings are unknown. In ...

The New York State Parole Board granted parole to the murderer of Police Officer George Werdann (“Another cop killer out,” July 21). Does the board really believe that time heals all wounds? If so, it ...

I wish to elaborate on the Aug. 9 article "A chance at redemption?" It is about Senate Bill 256, a new law that makes my Aunt Margaret Douglas' killer Gavon Ramsay eligible for parole, and I am quoted ...

Greetings! As Ren Zhiqiang’s daughter, I implore you, on humanitarian grounds, to allow my father to be released on compassionate medical parole so that he can receive medical treatment abroad, be ...

Here I am again pleading for help, as it’s become a yearly duty. My father, native Charlestonian Stanley H. Kohn, served as general counsel for South Carolina Department of Social Services in 1985 ...