On Christmas Eve 2019, Heather Fitzsimmons was released from jail for another set of offenses stemming from her heroin addiction. With a new dedication to sobriety and a stronger personal relationship with God to carry her, she said, she was determined to rebuild her life. But she lacked a place of her own and the … Read more
A man sentenced to life in prison for a 30-year-old Pueblo gang killing will be released next month after receiving clemency from Gov. Jared Polis, who on Thursday granted 21 pardons and commuted seven sentences for people in Colorado’s criminal justice system. Polis issued pardons and commutations to people convicted of drug charges, theft, burglary, … Read more
Former Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, convicted of killing his girlfriend over a decade, is to be released on parole on 5 January, the South African prison service announced on Friday. Pistorius, known as the ‘Blade Runner’’ because of his prosthetics, murdered his then partner Reeva Steenkamp with four shots through a lavatory door in his … Read more
