LOS ANGELES—California’s governor announced Friday that he won’t ask the state Supreme Court to block parole for Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, paving the way for her release after serving 53 years in prison for two infamous murders. In a brief statement, the governor’s office said it was unlikely that the state’s high court…
Leslie Van Houten, Follower of Cult Leader Charles Manson, Is One Big Step Closer to Freedom
July 8, 2023
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6,400 Illegal Migrants Released Without Court Dates Before Biden Admin Parole Policy Blocked
Over 6,000 illegal immigrants were released into the United States without receiving an alien registration number or a court date under the Biden administration’s new parole policy, according to court documents filed on Monday. The 6,413 releases took place on May 11, prior to the temporary restraining order (TRO) taking effect, according to the court…
Oscar Pistorius’s Lawyer: ‘Mistake’ to Deny Parole, Appealing
CAPE TOWN, South Africa—There was an “obvious mistake” in the process to deny Oscar Pistorius parole last week and the former Olympic runner is seeking to overturn that decision and have a new hearing to be considered for early release from prison as soon as possible, his lawyer told The Associated Press on Monday. “I’m…
South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius Denied Parole a Decade After Killing Girlfriend
JOHANNESBURG—Former South Africa Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius, jailed in 2016 for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, has been denied parole, South Africa’s prison authorities and a lawyer for the victim’s family said on Friday. Once the darling of the Paralympic movement for pushing for greater recognition and acceptance of disabled athletes, Pistorius shot dead Steenkamp,…
RFK Killer Sirhan Sirhan Denied Parole by California Board
SAN DIEGO—A California panel on Wednesday denied parole for Robert F. Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan, saying the 78-year-old prisoner still lacks insight into what caused him to shoot the senator and presidential candidate in 1968, Sirhan’s lawyer said. That contradicted the decision by a different parole board two years ago when its members found Sirhan…
Mom ‘Livid’ After Key Figure in Teen’s Death Gets Parole
DETROIT—A man who told police that he placed a teenager’s body in a trash bin, a disclosure that led to an extraordinary but unsuccessful search of a suburban Detroit landfill, has been released from prison after less than a year. “I’m livid. I’m absolutely livid,” said Cierra Milton, the mother of Zion Foster of Eastpointe,…
Mother ‘Livid’ After Key Figure in Teen’s Death Gets Parole
DETROIT—A man who told police that he placed a teenager’s body in a trash bin, a disclosure that led to an extraordinary but unsuccessful search of a suburban Detroit landfill, has been released from prison after less than a year. “I’m livid. I’m absolutely livid,” said Cierra Milton, the mother of Zion Foster of Eastpointe,…
National Association of Police Chiefs Calls for Bail Reform After Murder of Constable
A national law enforcement organization has joined other law enforcement groups in calling for reform in Canada’s bail policies for violent repeat offenders and criminals who use firearms to break the law. Following the shooting death of rookie Ontario Province Police (OPP) officer Grzegorz Pierzchala, the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) issued a…
Murderer Russell Causley Is 1st Prisoner to Face UK Parole Hearing in Public
A convicted murderer who has spent 24 years in prison but has never revealed where he disposed of his victim, has faced Britain’s first ever public parole board hearing. Russell Causley, 79, was given a life sentence for the murder of his wife, Carole Packman, who vanished from their home in Bournemouth, Dorset, in 1985….
Texas Parole Board Rejects Posthumous Pardon for George Floyd
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has rejected a request to have George Floyd be granted a posthumous pardon for a 2004 drug arrest. The board had initially recommended the pardon to Gov. Greg Abbott in October 2021, but reversed its decision in December 2021, citing “procedural errors” in its recommendation and saying it…
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