A parole board denied release for Ellis Handy, a former Navy man, after 50 years in prison for a 1974 murder of a San Diego State University student. US Senate advances bill to end federal shutdown ...

A man was shot dead by a parole officer in Erie, Pennsylvania, USA, and his family say new video contradicts official accounts. Marchello Woodard, 43, was unarmed when the agent fired while his car ...

Jon Venables, one of the killers of toddler James Bulger, is reportedly too frightened to attend his own parole hearing if the murdered child's family is present. Venables was previously released from ...

Travis Garr arrived at Red Onion State Prison just months after Virginia’s first “supermax” penitentiary was opened for violent criminals deemed the “worst of the worst.” ...

The man behind a three-hour crime spree on the edge of Tamworth has been sentenced, with prospects of soon being released back into the community.