Silly me. Here I thought only a judge — an individual who is charged with objectively meting out justice, highly trained in the law, duly empowered to pass a sentence, sits in a public forum, and ...

Last week, the friends and family of Kali Manley started writing letters opposing the parole of her killer, David Alvarez, after serving 25 years of his sentence. Alvarez killed Kali on Dec. 20, 1998, ...

To the Editor: HB 1512, a bill to allow a parole hearing for individuals serving 25+ years, is currently before the House with a public hearing scheduled for February 2.

I write as a law professor specializing in criminal law to commend the New York State Board of Parole for granting parole to David Gilbert ("70s radical David Gilbert granted parole in Brink’s robbery ...

Dr. Cory Franklin has expertise in intensive care but not the legal or criminal fields. His opinion in his recent op-ed has a glaring omission (“Should former Manson family member Leslie Van Houten be ...