A bill advanced that would allow terminally ill inmates to be released up to 120 days before their expected death.

On Wednesday, the Oklahoma Senate advanced Senate Bill 1381, directing the Oklahoma Supreme Court to have oversight over a ...

Compassionate release laws, otherwise called medical parole, are designed to allow release of incarcerated people with advanced illness who are no longer considered a public safety risk. Despite the ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the release of 16 people detained by immigration officials during an FBI-led raid at a rural Idaho racetrack last month. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn ...

A bundle of new North Carolina laws, including packages of changes to criminal punishments and the state’s pretrial release process, are set to take effect on Dec. 1. That includes “Iryna’s Law”, a ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor said Friday that a judge lacks the authority to appoint a neutral expert to oversee the public release of documents in the sex trafficking probe of ...