Tag: Parole

John Lennon’s Killer Denied Parole Again, for 12th Time

ALBANY, N.Y.—The man who shot and killed John Lennon outside his Manhattan apartment building in 1980 has been denied parole for a 12th time, New York corrections officials said Monday. Mark David Chapman, 67, appeared before a parole board at the end of August, according to the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. Chapman…


Convict’s Code (1939)

A man is framed and sent to prison for a crime he didn’t commit. When he is let out on limited parole, he sets out to clear his name and find the real criminals. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save”…


Trapped (1949)

Secret Service agents make a deal with a counterfeiting inmate to be released on early parole if he will help them recover some bogus moneymaking plates, but he plans to double cross them. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button…


Parole Granted to Last 1976 California School Bus Hijacker

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—The last of three men convicted of hijacking a school bus full of California children for an attempted $5 million ransom in 1976—in what a prosecutor called “the largest mass kidnapping in U.S. history”—is being released by the state’s parole board. Gov. Gavin Newsom asked the board to reconsider its decision to parole Frederick…


Al-Qaeda Terror Cell Leader Refused Parole After 14 Years in UK Jail

A British-born terrorist, who was jailed for life in 2008 for heading up an al-Qaeda cell that was preparing to commit a massacre in South Africa, has been denied parole. Rangzieb Ahmed, 47, was the first person in Britain to be convicted of directing terrorism. In 2008, after being deported from Pakistan, Ahmed was convicted…


Parole Denied for Manson Follower for Slayings in 1969

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—A California panel on Friday denied parole for a follower of cult leader Charles Manson convicted of slayings more than a half-century ago. Bruce Davis was previously recommended for parole seven times, but those findings were rejected by three consecutive governors. Parole commissioners told the 79-year-old Davis to try again in three years. “They…


Parole Recommended for California Follower of Charles Manson

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—A California parole panel recommended the release of Patricia Krenwinkel for the first time Thursday, more than five decades after she and other followers of cult leader Charles Manson terrorized the state and she wrote “Helter Skelter” on a wall using the blood of one of their victims. Krenwinkel, 74, was previously denied parole…


Parole for People Linked to Terrorism Unlikely as Western Australia Passes New Law

The Western Australian (WA) parliament has passed a law via which people with links to terrorism will be subject to the presumption against parole. The Sentencing Legislation Amendment (Persons Linked to Terrorism) will ensure terrorism-related risks are thoroughly assessed before a person with links to terrorism is granted an early release from prison, the aim being…


New Jersey Supreme Court Draws Backlash Over Granting Parole to Cop Killer

The New Jersey Supreme Court ordered to release on parole the killer of a New Jersey state trooper, thus overturning the decision of the parole board that denied to release the murderer. The court ruling drew backlash from the governor, the state’s Attorney General, lawmakers, and police. The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Tuesday with…


South Dakota Woman Gets Parole in 1981 Dead Infant Sentence

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.—A 60-year-old South Dakota woman was granted parole Thursday after serving two months in prison for the 1981 death of her infant son—a loss she kept secret for decades. The South Dakota Board of Pardons and Paroles was closely divided as it weighed the parole request from Theresa Bentaas, who entered an Alford…