parole

Life without parole ruled too ‘cruel’ for mass murderers

Canada’s highest court has ruled that even the most heinous criminals, including mass murderers and serial killers, can’t be locked…

2 years ago

Court rules on neo-Nazi killer Breivik’s parole bid

A Norwegian court has ruled that mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik has not changed in the decade since he was…

2 years ago

Mass murderer makes Nazi salute at parole hearing

Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik has appeared before a parole board after just a decade in jail. The extremist, who…

2 years ago

Man who shot Robert F. Kennedy denied parole

Governor Gavin Newsom has rejected the advice of a California parole board to release Sirhan Sirhan, the man convicted of…

2 years ago

South Africa’s jailed ex-President Zuma released on medical parole

The release of the ex-president was announced by the country’s Department of Correctional Services (DCS) on Sunday after it evaluated…

3 years ago

Parole board votes to release Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin following his 16th parole hearing that went unopposed

The two-person panel voted for Sirhan’s parole on Friday after he was denied during fifteen previous hearings for showing little…

3 years ago

Court to hear parole request from neo-Nazi mass murderer Anders Breivik 10 years after deadly attacks

Prosecutor Hulda Karlsdottir told Reuters on Friday that Breivik’s request for parole would be heard in court at an unspecified…

3 years ago

Samsung boss Lee released on parole after sentence for embezzling $7.5mn to bribe ex-president reduced

Lee was one of 810 inmates granted parole by South Korea’s Ministry of Justice to mark National Liberation Day, which…

3 years ago

Oklahoma man on parole accused of taking victim’s HEART to feed family that he later slayed & maimed

The already shockingly brutal case against Lawrence Paul Anderson, 42, rose to a new level of senselessness after the chain…

3 years ago

Life in prison with NO chance of parole: Court hands Christchurch mosque shooter harshest criminal sentence in New Zealand history

The 29-year-old Australian previously admitted to some 92 charges – 51 for murder, 40 for attempted murder and one linked…

4 years ago