Convicted Sacramento child molester David Allen Funston has been granted parole from his life sentences under California's ...

California’s parole board is using unreliable drug test results in decisions about releasing incarcerated people despite flaws that were exposed in a rash of false positives two years ago, more than a ...

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A Sacramento County jury once imposed life terms meant to keep him behind bars. Now the state has deemed him suitable for release.

A Utah family is pleading with the state parole board to keep the man who killed their son, 13-year-old Eli Mitchell behind bars, saying their life sentence did ...

Signing up for substance use disorder treatment in California prisons involves taking more frequent drug tests. The results, which are prone to error, can set back a prisoner's chance for freedom.

One of two brothers jailed for murdering Rotorua toddler Nia Glassie will remain behind bars for at least another year.

Serial child rapist David Allen Funston, now 64, to be paroled on elderly release nearly 30 years into life sentence for 1995 attacks.

One of two brothers jailed for murdering Rotorua toddler Nia Glassie will remain behind bars for at least another year.

Jason Daniel McKay, who brutally murdered his wife, must serve 17 years in custody before he can ask for a chance at parole, ...