PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — After a judge blocked Gov. Kate Brown’s order which would let the parole board review commutations, her office says they will be evaluating their legal options going forward.

A judge prevents a Nebraska board from commuting the sentences of more than a dozen men sentenced to life without parole as teenagers.A Douglas County judge said the parole board may not act until the ...

Commutation is mercy –an opportunity for someone condemned to many years in prison to plead for mercy. There is no guarantee they will get it. Commutation is just the opportunity for them to ask. On ...

The Idaho Supreme Court ruled unanimously today that Gov. Brad Little can block the Idaho Commission of Pardons and Parole's 4-3 decision to commute the sentence of terminally ill double murderer ...