Convicted Sacramento child molester David Allen Funston has been granted parole from his life sentences under California's Elderly Parole Program.

A Sacramento man who prosecutors said used candy and toys to lure children into his car and then molest them was granted elderly parole. Several of his victims and the woman who prosecuted the case ...

California’s parole board is using unreliable drug test results in decisions about releasing incarcerated people despite flaws that were exposed in a rash of false positives two years ago, more than a ...

Late last week, the California parole board denied the freedom of two brothers — and the hopes of the 37,000 other Californians serving life or multidecade sentences behind bars. After marathon ...

Thousands of prisoners in California go before the Board of Parole Hearings each year in hopes of a chance at freedom. It’s a daunting situation that deals in high stakes for all involved. Parole ...

While 24 states have similar programs, most exclude murderers and sex offenders. California does not.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Erik Menendez was denied parole Thursday by a California board that said his continued misbehavior during decades in prison for murdering his parents with his older brother in 1989 ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Thousands of prisoners in California go before the Board of Parole Hearings each year in hopes of a chance at freedom.