Families of Connecticut crime victims are outraged after 44 murderers had their sentences commuted, accusing the Board of Pardons and Paroles of amending its policy to favor the state's most violent ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — The Utah Board of Pardons & Parole met with media to explain the process if death row inmate Ralph Menzies is granted a commutation hearing. His attorneys have asked the Board ...

Lifers in Pennsylvania cannot be paroled, and their other options for seeking release are slim.

Gov. Tony Evers announced April 3 that he’s reviving the state’s commutation process, allowing Wisconsin prisoners to apply to have their sentences shortened for the first time in 25 years.

In simple terms, a commutation reduces a criminal penalty. This may include shortening a prison sentence or replacing a death sentence with life imprisonment. Unlike a pardon, which forgives a crime ...

From left: Lt. Gov. Austin Davis (Commonwealth Media Services); Gail Stallworth (courtesy of Cornelius Harp); then-Attorney General Josh Shapiro at a Board of Pardons meeting (via YouTube). Gail ...

(WLUK) -- Tony Evers is the first Wisconsin governor in more than two decades to issue commutations. Evers signed two executive orders Friday to reinstate Wisconsin's process for issuing commutations, ...

Lt. Gov. John Fetterman said the death “personally devastated” him, and galvanized him to push Gov. Wolf to speed up the commutation process. This June 1, 2018, file photo shows a housing unit in the ...

TINTON FALLS — A trio of Democratic state legislators from Monmouth County has broken ranks with former Gov. Phil Murphy, issuing a blistering condemnation of his last-minute decision to commute the ...

Gov. Tony Evers signed executive orders that established routes for prisoners to have sentences commuted. But more needs to be done to ensure success.