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A state parole board panel Friday recommended parole for Bruce Davis, a one-time Manson Family follower who was convicted in two killings in 1969.

A Black man whose life sentence for stealing hedge clippers in a home burglary drew scathing criticism from the chief justice of Louisiana’s Supreme Court has been granted parole

California has launched a $30 million program to provide thousands of parolees with community services after they complete their prison sentences or are released months early because of the coronavirus pandemic, officials announced Thursday.

The man who killed John Lennon is up for parole again.

California inmates sentenced to life in prison without parole for crimes they committed as teenagers would get a second chance under a bill lawmakers sent to Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday.

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies checked in on seven violent sex offenders on parole. John Cádiz Klemack reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, August 2, 2017.

OJ Simpson was granted parole on his 2008 armed robbery conviction after serving almost 9 years in prison. Patrick Healy reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 20, 2017.

O.J. Simpson became a legend on the football field and a star on the big screen, but now he’ll plead for release from a Nevada prison after more than eight years. Beverly White reports for the NBC4 News at 11 on Wednesday, July 19, 2017.

In an effort to combat the revolving door cycle of parolees re-offending and returning to prison, California’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation works with outside organizations to provide parolees support, training, and job opportunities . Patrick Healy reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Sunday, July 2, 2017.

Parole was denied for the 14th time to a Charles Manson follower who was convicted on seven counts of murder in 1971. Patrick Healy reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Thursday, June 22, 2017.

A man convicted of arranging the 2001 killing of his pregnant girlfriend, who was shot in her Hawthorne apartment, was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Accusing Governor Brown of attempting to deceive voters, families of two law enforcement officers slain in the line of duty voiced opposition to the campaign for Prop 57, which would enable some prison inmates convicted of certain crimes to be paroled sooner.

Some families have banded together to speak out against Proposition 57. Patrick Healy reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016.

The ex-cons arrested for the slayings of three peace officers this past week had both been imprisoned for crimes involving guns, and had continued to commit violations while on parole.

A community, including aspiring law enforcement, continued to gather to support and remember Gil Vega and Lesley Zerebny, two Palm Springs police officers who were shot and killed while responding to a disturbance call. Kate Larsen reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016.

Governor Jerry Brown on Friday denied parole for former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, who was convicted of the 1969 killings of grocers Leno and Rosemary La Bianca at their Los Feliz home.

Governor Jerry Brown on Friday denied parole for former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, who was convicted of the 1969 killings of grocers Leno and Rosemary La Bianca at their Los Feliz home.

Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey is urging the governor to deny parole for former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, who was convicted of the 1969 killings of grocers Leno and Rosemary La Bianca at their Los Feliz home.

A California panel has granted parole to former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten more than four decades after she went to prison for the notorious killings of a wealthy grocer and his wife.

A family member of a victim of Leslie Van Houten, a Manson follower, reacted to the possibility that she could be paroled. Patrick Healy reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Thursday, April 14, 2016.