I was talking with former Gov. Roy Barnes recently when the conversation shifted to President Donald Trump pardoning a tax cheat after the man’s mother attended a million-dollar fundraiser. It was a ...

The crime victim meets personally with a Georgia Parole Board Member and information from the meeting is included in the case file the board maintains on the parole eligible offender. That information ...

Crime victims were invited to meet with Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles Member Joyette Holmes in Ringgold Thursday. The parole board conducts Victim Impact Sessions giving victims the opportunity ...

The State Board of Pardons and Paroles, which is the only entity in Georgia authorized to commute a death sentence, on Tuesday denied Hittson's request for clemency. The board didn't give a reason for ...

Janice Buttrum was 17 years old when she was arrested in September 1980 in Whitfield County, Georgia, for murdering a 19-year-old woman with her older abusive husband. Georgia author Jodi McDaniel ...