parole

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Fernandez signed a guilty plea to life without the possibility of parole but later filed a resentencing petition, arguing that she was coerced into the plea and that her state-appointed defense attorney provided ineffective counsel.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

The family’s lawyers say they have not been able to access the care they need for their daughter in Mexico, and they have applied for humanitarian parole to return.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

Read this excellent Andrew McCarthy piece on the problems with terror-related prosecutions, sentences, parole and supervision.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

According to the parliament's figures, the vast majority of them had not been in prisons but were subject to restrictions such as house arrest or parole.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

“I thought he was on a parole, that he had to stay in New York. Why don’t they arrest him?”

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson