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Cork woman stabbed more than 20 times wants victims' advocate on parole board
Cork woman stabbed more than 20 times wants victims' advocate on parole board
Sinead O'Leary survived vicious knife attack that killed her best friend

Tue, 01 Dec, 2020

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'Lifers' released in 2019 served average of 20 years
The shortest amount of time a ‘lifer’ released last year served was 14 years and the longest was 28 years, according to the Parole Board.

Tue, 01 Dec, 2020

Special Report: Act now on parole, urge families of murder victims
Special Report: Act now on parole, urge families of murder victims
Liz Dunphy speaks with four families whose loved one's killers are eligible for a parole hearing this year.

Mon, 17 Aug, 2020

Special report: Victims and families call for urgent action on new parole laws around murder
Special report: Victims and families call for urgent action on new parole laws around murder

A new law extending the minimum jail time that murderers serve hasn’t been activated yet — so families bereaved by murder are begging Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan to implement the Parole Act 2019, writes Liz Dunphy

Sat, 04 Jan, 2020

Families unite to demand parole change: ‘We have suffered enough’
Families unite to demand parole change: ‘We have suffered enough’

A woman who survived a vicious knife attack that killed her best friend has called for an exclusion zone to prevent the convicted murderer from returning to Cork.

Sat, 04 Jan, 2020

Parole reform needed: The scales of justice are out of kilter
Parole reform needed: The scales of justice are out of kilter

There is one area of Irish law that does attempt to answer the question about the role of justice after a prisoner is freed to rejoin society.

Sat, 04 Jan, 2020

Mother of two boys killed by her husband calls for implementation of parole law
Mother of two boys killed by her husband calls for implementation of parole law

Kathleen Chada, the mother of two boys killed by their father, is calling for the implementation of the Parole Bill which would change the length of time at which a prisoner serving a life sentence can appeal for parole from seven years to 12 years.

Tue, 14 May, 2019

Parole system not fit for purpose, says FF TD
Parole system not fit for purpose, says FF TD

He wants tougher restrictions on released prisoners.

Sat, 23 Mar, 2019

Letters to Parole Board from victim's families show 'enormous pain and suffering'
Letters to Parole Board from victim's families show 'enormous pain and suffering'

Family members of murdered loved ones and victims of serious crimes reveal “enormous pain and suffering” in letters they send to the State body charged with releasing prisoners.

Fri, 05 Oct, 2018

Call to rethink tougher parole plans
Call to rethink tougher parole plans

The head of the Parole Board has said draft legislation increasing the minimum length of time from seven to 12 years before which an inmate can be considered for release needs to be revisited.

Thu, 19 Oct, 2017

OJ Simpson will have to comply with specific rules after being freed from prison on parole
OJ Simpson will have to comply with specific rules after being freed from prison on parole

Latest: Now that OJ Simpson is out of prison on parole, he will have to comply with specific rules.

Sun, 01 Oct, 2017

Charles Manson follower Patricia Krenwinkel seeks parole 47 years after killings
Charles Manson follower Patricia Krenwinkel seeks parole 47 years after killings

Patricia Krenwinkel, once a devout follower of cult killer Charles Manson and now the longest-serving female inmate in California, has appeared again before a parole board - 47 years after she helped kill pregnant actress Sharon Tate and six other people.

Thu, 29 Dec, 2016

Ku Klux Klansman childkiller refused parole
Ku Klux Klansman childkiller refused parole

A parole board has decided against freeing a one-time Ku Klux Klansman convicted over a church bombing in Alabama that killed four black girls more than 50 years ago.

Thu, 04 Aug, 2016

Prisoners with life sentences apply for parole after 7 years with “little or no therapeutic work” done
Prisoners with life sentences apply for parole after 7 years with “little or no therapeutic work” done
Life sentence prisoners applying for parole after seven years have often done “little or no therapeutic work”, the head of the Parole Board has said.

Thu, 26 Nov, 2015

Oscar Pistorius to leave jail after serving almost a year
Oscar Pistorius to leave jail after serving almost a year
Oscar Pistorius, the Olympic runner who shot his girlfriend to death on Valentine’s Day 2013, can leave prison and move to house arrest next week, South Africa’s Department of Corrections said.

Fri, 16 Oct, 2015

Charles Manson follower Bruce Davis recommended for parole
Charles Manson follower Bruce Davis recommended for parole

After 43 years in prison and 30 parole hearings, US parole officials have again decided it is safe to free Charles Manson follower Bruce Davis.

Fri, 28 Aug, 2015

Oscar Pistorius parole ruling to take up to four months
Oscar Pistorius parole ruling to take up to four months

South Africa’s parole review board has up to four months to conclude its decision on when Oscar Pistorius can be released from prison, a Justice Ministry spokesman said yesterday.

Fri, 21 Aug, 2015

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