The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles has scheduled 50 parole hearings and 29 hearings on requests for pardons this week, ...

The Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles approved the release of Lewis Albert Joyner, who was convicted in 1996 for the murder of his wife, Ruby Joyner, in Fulton County. He is scheduled to ...

A backlog at the state’s Parole Board is keeping prisoners locked up for longer, with criminal lawyers being told new applications are unlikely to be considered for at least two months.

Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday concluded the 2025 legislative session. Gambling proposals once again stalled in the legislative session.

When Nelms sought parole in 2011, decisions were made by a three-member parole board appointed by the governor, subject to state Senate confirmation. That same year, Republican Gov. Sam Brownback ...

He sought parole in 2011 and 2021. A date for Nelms' release hasn't been set. His release was approved by the Prisoner Review Board, comprised of three veteran state Department of Corrections ...

Like Jack Torrance in “The Shining,” the ghost of Jim Crow keeps rearing his ugly head in Alabama as the state ... usurp power from the water utility board in Birmingham — a majority-Black ...