A Price Hill woman has been granted parole after serving more than 40 years of her life sentence for killing her husband and burying his body.

A man convicted of killing a 19-year-old in a Medford park in 1994 will be released from prison after he was granted parole this month.

The man who killed state Trooper George L. Hanna during a traffic stop in Auburn in 1983 will have a parole hearing Thursday, Jan. 15, with Gov. Maura T. Healey and the trooper's daughters are among those lobbying to keep him behind bars.

Thousands of prisoners in California go before the Board of Parole Hearings each year in hopes of a chance at freedom. It's a daunting situation that deals in high stakes for all involved.

Data show the slide is real, not just anecdotal. CalMatters found that the share of parole hearings that ended in a grant fell from about 39% in 2018 to roughly 35% across 2019 through 2021, then sank below 25% in 2025. According to CalMatters, that slump came even as California expanded who is eligible to seek parole in the first place.

Dusty Turner’s release remains weeks away after advocates say a required re-entry program is delaying a parole release date.

Union for state parole agents reacts to coroner's report on parolee Marchello D. Woodard, whom a state parole agent fatally shot in Erie in July.

U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani temporarily blocks DHS termination of Family Reunification Parole programs.