Mississippi is paroling fewer inmates now than it did before expanding parole eligibility in 2021. The state Parole Board chairman told lawmakers Tuesday the board is more closely examining inmates’ ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A district attorney announced Thursday that Matthew Mire, the suspect in the 2021 multi-parish shooting spree that killed Louisiana State Police Master Trooper ...

Support journalism that digs deeper into topics that matter most to ArkLaTex. Donate today to preserve the quality and integrity of local journalism. NEW BOSTON, Texas --A Bowie County jury has ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Louisiana inmate whose Supreme Court case was instrumental in extending the possibility of freedom to hundreds of people sentenced to life in prison without the opportunity ...

Victor Lee Thompson, center, walked to his seat prior to a sentencing hearing Thursday before Wood County Circuit Court Judge Jason Wharton. Wharton pronounced the sentence of life in prison without ...

A Nashville judge has ordered the state parole board to move up parole hearings for defendants eligible under a new, Gov. Bill Lee-backed law. A recent revision of Tennessee's parole regulations ...

Thirty-four people convicted as juveniles in Oregon can immediately pursue parole after Dec. 4, according to a top state parole board official. Dylan Arthur, executive director of the Oregon Board of ...

The rate of paroles granted to state prison inmates by the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles dropped to 15% during the last fiscal year, the third straight year of decline. The three-member board ...

The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles has slowed its parole grant rate in recent years, and existing racial disparities in parole grants have accelerated. Data collected by the Bureau of Pardons ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Louisiana inmate whose Supreme Court case was instrumental in extending the possibility of freedom to hundreds of people sentenced to life in prison without the opportunity ...