You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Life without parole in our prisons is a reflection of the inhumanity that is ...

The state parole board has been flooded with more than 367,000 online letters protesting the release of cop-killers since the panel voted to free police assassin Herman Bell, the PBA said Monday. Bell ...

John Lowrey's letter ("Right decision by parole board," May 2) reveals a common misunderstanding of the role of the state Board of Parole. It is not a re-sentencing body. What Mr. Lowrey doesn't seem ...

The Times Union’s in-depth reporting on the injustices of the parole system has covered everything from racial disparities in parole releases to the shocking decrease in overall releases amid deadly ...

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has come out against the possible parole of a man who was convicted of shooting and killing a state trooper in 1983. Healey on Tuesday submitted a formal letter to the ...

John and Sue Leahy spent part of a 50th class reunion Saturday collecting signatures. The Okemos couple asked former classmates of Kristine Stuart to sign a petition to keep her killer in prison. “We ...