Gov. Henry McMaster has tapped a North Charleston native to head the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services.

Lyle and Erik Menendez are serving life without parole for the 1989 murders of their parents. Relatives are urging a judge to reduce their sentence.

Damien J. Lamb has been granted parole after serving 18 years in prison for killing 21-year-old Brandon LaBonte, whose body has never been found.

Though Trump is unable to put the commuted inmates back on death row, he did ask the attorney general in the order to “take ...

A veteran deputy district attorney has tentatively settled his lawsuit against Los Angeles County in which he alleged he was demoted from his position in the sex crimes division for being critical of ...

After being sentenced to 239 years in prison following a kidnapping and sexual assault in 2024, a Madera man may still be ...

On December 30, two men filed handwritten, emergency petitions from the death row unit in USP Terre Haute, a federal prison ...

Stephan said the deputy district attorney representing her office will argue Cravens is not fit for parole after considering the case and also Cravens' violent history before Kauanui died.

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The Menendez brothers are serving two consecutive terms of life without parole. The Los Angeles County district attorney met with the Menendez brothers' relatives on Friday, but said he is still ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The new Los Angeles County District Attorney met with the Menendez brothers’ family as he continues to review their bid for freedom 35 years after they were convicted of ...