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Lawmakers question low rates of parole at board member confirmation hearing

The parole board has been the focus of concern from some lawmakers, advocates and members of the public in recent years as ...

Slain Columbus police officer's legacy lives on a decade after his death

Columbus police officer Steven Smith, 54, died in April 2016 after being shot in a SWAT barricade. Ten years later, his ...

Lawmakers consider Alaska Board of Parole member amid questions around low rates of parole

The Alaska State Legislature is considering the reappointment of a governor’s nominee for the Alaska Board of Parole for ...

Teenage Killer Targeted Young Students Across the Street from Her Home, Telling a Reporter, 'I Don't Like Mondays'

Brenda Spencer was 16 in 1979 when she shot at San Diego's Grover Cleveland Elementary School, across the street from her ...