You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Life without parole in our prisons is a reflection of the inhumanity that is ...

In Tuesday’s Post-Standard were two letters concerning parole reform for convicted murderers that caught my attention (”Retired judge: NY parole ‘reforms’ would set free dangerous criminals,” Feb. 23, ...

I am never sure what kind of response my writing will receive, or what kind of audience it will reach. To my surprise, a column I wrote in April for USA TODAY reached an audience of inmates in America ...

Susan Smith, in prison for the cold-blooded 1994 murders of her two young sons, is hoping to be granted parole later this month — but the parole board has been deluged with dozens of letters of ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Civil-rights advocates say the Ohio Parole Board unfairly allows confidential letters written by victims’ family members to play a role in the panel’s decisions on whether to grant ...