A former Los Angeles Police Department detective who admitted to shooting and killing her ex-lover's new wife was denied parole for a second time on Wednesday. Stephanie Lazarus, now 64, was sentenced ...

Stephanie Lazarus, a Los Angeles police detective who was convicted of the murder of her ex-boyfriend's wife, appears in Los Angeles County Superior Court in June 2009. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles ...

Despite a campaign by justice reform advocates, the California Board of Parole Hearings has revoked plans to release former LAPD Det. Stephanie Lazarus from prison after hearing emotional testimony ...

Despite a campaign by justice reform advocates, the California Board of Parole Hearings has revoked plans to release former LAPD Det. Stephanie Lazarus from prison after hearing emotional testimony ...

LOS ANGELES — A chance for parole was delayed this week for a former Los Angeles police detective serving a sentence of 27 years to life in the cold-case slaying of her ex-boyfriend’s wife in 1986.

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