The new law lowers the legal threshold required for intellectually disabled defendants and means judges could decide the issue before a case ever goes to trial.

Though the Georgia Department of Corrections first announced its intentions to settle with the inmates in 2019, settlement conferences with judges are still occurring.

Local crime victims are being given a stronger voice in the parole process through a collaborative initiative involving the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles, the Georgia Office of Victim Services, ...

The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles recently denied the parole petition of an inmate serving time for burglary in Butler County. On April 16, the board voted to deny parole to Kevin Seal, 39. He ...

A Tennessee parole board recommended Jelly Roll receive pardons for his past prison convictions, finding him to have fundamentally changed and hoping to offer him more freedom than his past currently ...

To Di For' Podcast host Kinsey Schofield comments on American singer Jelly Roll’s pardon recommendation, claiming the decision could “change his life”. “Due to his criminal record ...