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 ...

It’s no surprise that we continue to see the same tired arguments, cherry-picked stories and fear-mongering tactics used every time a criminal legal reform emerges. We cannot give in to fear above ...

Dear editor, Thank you for publicizing the parole board hearing for Robert Shippmann, the man who murdered my daughter, Juli Mathis Shippmann (“Napa killer denied parole,” Oct. 23.) Several letters ...

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 ...