To the editor: New legislation is needed to void California's so-called compassionate release law that went into effect in ...

Tarrant County commissioners want a process for handling compassionate release cases in the jail — in which a person detained can be granted release under specific circumstances such as severe medical ...

YOLO COUNTY -- End-of-life mercy for a twice-convicted child molester serving more than 100 years to life in prison is not something that Yolo County's District Attorney Jeff Reisig supports, he told ...

Female prisoners at the federal Carswell facility in Fort Worth have tried to get released on compassionate grounds due to age and health problems, but judges don't grant many motions. Bureau of ...