Chairman of the Connecticut Board of Pardons and Paroles Carleton Giles landed in the hot seat Monday as Judiciary Committee members grilled Giles on his controversial new commutation policy that ...

Earlier this month, the Connecticut Board of Pardons and Paroles indefinitely suspended commutation, the process through which incarcerated individuals apply to have their sentences reconsidered.

In simple terms, a commutation reduces a criminal penalty. This may include shortening a prison sentence or replacing a death sentence with life imprisonment. Unlike a pardon, which forgives a crime ...

Wyoming Board of Parole Executive Director Margaret White confirmed the decision in a statement to The Advocate. “Mr. Henderson filed a commutation petition which the Board considered in accordance ...

From left: Lt. Gov. Austin Davis (Commonwealth Media Services); Gail Stallworth (courtesy of Cornelius Harp); then-Attorney General Josh Shapiro at a Board of Pardons meeting (via YouTube). Gail ...

Lt. Gov. John Fetterman said the death “personally devastated” him, and galvanized him to push Gov. Wolf to speed up the commutation process. This June 1, 2018, file photo shows a housing unit in the ...

A sharp rise in the number of Connecticut inmates, including convicted killers, who have had their prison sentences reduced in the past year has led to an uproar over the power wielded by the state's ...

TULSA, Okla. — Because Oklahoma prisons have been considered hot spots for COVID, some inmates' families hoped for commutation, but the illness is also to blame for stalling that process. The ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Julius Jones’ ...

(WHTM) — Advocates say there are more than 5,000 inmates serving life sentences in Pennsylvania, and not enough of them are getting second chances. The Let’s Get Free Initiative sent a petition with ...

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