California Gov. Gavin Newsom is seeking changes to the process that determines whether prisoners serving lengthy sentences or life without parole might be eligible for mercy. (Juliana Yamada / ...

Two aging inmates in a prison in San Luis Obispo, California. Maryland lawmakers are considering several parole reform bills this year, including two little-noticed bills that would reform the parole ...

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Despite the promise of compassionate release as a humanitarian and cost-saving action, a staggeringly low number of people ...

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Yolanda Saldívar, the woman who killed Tejano music singer Selena Quintanilla Perez, has officially filed for parole for the first time, according to documents filed ...

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