#Parole Board
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Boston food
fromBoston.com
1 day agoWhat to know about the rejection of Healey's Parole Board nominee as backlash builds
Vincent DeMore’s Parole Board nomination was rejected by the Governor’s Council after Gov. Healey and district attorneys urged confirmation amid increased scrutiny after a Cambridge shooting.
Law
fromBoston.com
2 months agoParole rate is up in Mass., including for people with life sentences
Massachusetts parole rates increased in 2024, with life sentence parole rates rising from 57% to 72%, largely due to the Mattis court decision prohibiting life sentences without parole for offenders under 21.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
4 months agoJames Bulger killer Jon Venables to have latest bid for freedom heard by Parole Board
Child killer Jon Venables is set to have his latest bid for freedom heard by the Parole Board. The 43-year-old, who tortured and murdered two-year-old James Bulger in 1993, will have his case heard by parole chiefs at an oral hearing more than two years after his last appeal. In 2023, the Parole Board rejected the bid and found he still posed a danger to children and could go on to offend again.
UK news
fromwww.bbc.com
7 months agoStephen Lawrence murderer must name other killers, father says
Only two of the men - Norris and Gary Dobson - who were involved in the racist stabbing of the 18-year-old in Eltham, south London, in April 1993 have ever been brought to justice, with four other suspects never convicted. His father Dr Neville Lawrence told BBC News: "For me to think that [Norris is] safe to be released, is for him to give the names of the people with him that night."
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