Posts Tagged Parole
Changes in Richmond May Mean Freedom for Some Prisoners
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on January 12, 2017
Credit: Dave Nakayama / Creative Commons
In 1995, Virginia abolished parole — a change that led to crowding of state prisons and longer stays behind bars. Now, small cracks have developed in the legal wall that keeps about 30,000 people locked up. Sandy Hausman reports on changes that could free some inmates.
Subscribe to our RSS Feed
From NPR News- Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross Abruptly Resigns August 21, 2019An aide to Philadelphia's mayor said Ross failed to act on allegations of sexual, racial and gender harassment and discrimination in his department.
- Former Arkansas VA Doctor Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter In 3 Deaths August 20, 2019A former pathologist was under scrutiny after being found drunk on the job. A review of his work found more than 3,000 misdiagnoses of patients.
- Ex-MLB Players Luis Castillo, Octavio Dotel Linked To Alleged Dominican Drug Lord August 20, 2019The Dominican attorney general said Tuesday that the former professional baseball players supported a drug running and money laundering network led by César Emilio Peralta.
- Italy's Premier Resigns In Fight Within His Coalition Government August 20, 2019In a scathing speech to the Senate, Giuseppe Conte railed against his right-wing coalition partner Matteo Salvini, who wanted to hold a vote of no-confidence against him.
- Want To Know What's In Your Sweat? There's A Patch For That August 20, 2019Scientists are getting closer to developing a wearable patch that can measure hydration and other health markers — in sweat. The hope is it could give athletes more data to boost their performance.
- Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross Abruptly Resigns August 21, 2019
- From BBC News
- Brexit: PM to meet Angela Merkel with call to scrap backstop August 21, 2019It comes after the PM said the plan to avoid a hard border in Northern Ireland was "anti-democratic".
- Shipping containers 'used to house homeless children' August 20, 2019Office blocks are also being used to house families as 210,000 children are estimated to be homeless.
- Cardinal George Pell loses appeal against sexual abuse convictions August 21, 2019Pell, the most senior Catholic cleric to be convicted of sexual abuse, will complete a six-year sentence.
- Trump cancels Denmark visit over Greenland sale spat August 21, 2019The US president abruptly cancels his visit after the Danish PM says he cannot purchase Greenland.
- Irish workhouse victim wins compensation battle August 21, 2019Mary Cavner was forced to work at a Magdalene Laundry after her father died when she was 11.
- Brexit: PM to meet Angela Merkel with call to scrap backstop August 21, 2019
