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Doug Layton, Jr. shows a trailer full of equipment he's acquired since being released from prison. He says he does painting and home repairs on the side, "trying to be productive in society."

National

Seeking redemption for aged and infirm prisoners amid Alabama's high bar for parole

5:00am December 11, 2023

by Debbie Elliott

A former Alabama Supreme Court chief justice runs a legal nonprofit, Redemption Earned, that helps aging and sick inmates win release from prison. Last year, 10% of Alabama prisoners received parole.

Paralympian athlete Oscar Pistorius, accused of the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, arriving at a court in Pretoria, South Africa, for a hearing in July 2016. The athlete will be released for parole in January.

Oscar Pistorius, Paralympian convicted of murder, to be released on parole

10:17am November 24, 2023

by Emily Olson

A South African corrections board found the athlete had meet the minimum parole requirements after serving half of his 13-year sentence for murder.

June Steenkamp, the mother of Reeva Steenkamp sits inside the correctional service car Thursday at the Atteridgeville Prison for the parole hearing of Oscar Pistorius in Pretoria, South Africa.

Oscar Pistorius, South African Olympian, is denied parole in his girlfriend's murder

1:34pm March 31, 2023

by The Associated Press

Pistorius was sentenced to 13 years and five months in prison for in 2017, four years after he shot and killed Reeva Steenkamp in their home, claiming he mistook her for an intruder.

O.J. Simpson attends a parole hearing at Lovelock Correctional Center in 2017 in Nevada.

O.J. Simpson is a 'completely free man' after being granted early release from parole

1:16pm December 15, 2021

by Scott Neuman

A lawyer for the former NFL star and actor, who was acquitted in the 1994 murder of his ex-wife and her friend, said Simpson's "a completely free man now" after ending his parole for armed robbery.

Sarah Ziegenhorn and Andy Beeler shared a selfie while hiking in Texas' Big Bend National Park in December 2018. Beeler died of an opioid overdose last March. Ziegenhorn traces his death to the many obstacles to medical care that Beeler experienced while

Health & Safety

They Fell In Love Helping Drug Users. But Fear Kept Him From Helping Himself

3:41pm February 24, 2020

by Will Stone

Sarah and Andy were in love and also advocates, determined to keep drug users from dying. But when his own addiction reemerged, Andy's fear of returning to prison kept him from the best treatment.

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