All news on the topic: Parole Boards

Leslie Van Houten, involved in two killings as a former member of Charles Manson's evil cult, has been recommended for parole. She could face a fight to prevent her release by California Governor Gavin Newsom

James Hurley, now 60, who killed off-duty constable Frank Mason in 1988 and then went on the run for 13 years, and Paul Weddle, who stabbed Sgt Bill Forth to death in 1993, are bidding for freedom

Maria Pearson, now 66, stabbed her ex-partner's new girlfriend Janet Newton to death in a Hartlepool street in 1986 and reportedly could soon be released after 35 years in jail