LAWMAKERS HEARD FROM ONE OF FUNSTON’S VICTIMS IN A CROWDED COMMITTEE ROOM AT THE CAPITOL. LAWMAKERS CONSIDERING A VERY HIGH PROFILE BILL. WHEN PREDATORS PREY ON OUR CHILDREN, THE IMPACT IS DEVASTATING ...

A Massachusetts man was granted medical parole in January. But more than two months later, he died while still incarcerated as his lawyer fought for his release. James Ware, 52, died Thursday night.

GOT A LOT MORE TO GO. WE’LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN A FEW MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. HEATHER. THANK YOU. A MAN SENTENCED TO SPEND 355 YEARS IN PRISON FOR SEXUALLY ABUSING YOUNG BOYS, WILL STAY PUT FOR AT ...

A California pedophile imprisoned for a horrific string of sex crimes could soon walk free after being granted parole under a controversial law signed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Gregory Lee ...

Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho, center, speaks during a news conference on Thursday, March 12, 2026, at the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Headquarters in Old Foothill Farms. Ho joined, ...

Sacramento County’s top local law enforcement officials spoke out on Thursday against the release of convicted sex offender Gregory Lee Vogelsang through California’s Elderly Parole program. Vogelsang ...

State Sen. Suzette Valladares, R-Santa Clarita, stands with other supporters of an effort to get California Gov. Gavin Newsom to remove several members of the California Board of Parole Hearings for ...

“A different group of people are coming before the Parole Board, largely because of the Mattis decision,” said lawyer Ryan Schiff. The Parole Board members at the Massachusetts Parole Board's central ...

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The state’s parole board has released 39 “emerging adult” murder convicts who were originally sentenced to life without parole, but who later became eligible after a court ruling. The Massachusetts ...