Convicted parent killers Erik and Lyle Menendez have been granted an early shot at freedom, with California officials scheduling a parole suitability hearing for March 2027, more than a year ahead of when they were originally eligible to apply.
The Department of Justice launched civil rights investigations Thursday into prison systems in California and Maine, targeting policies that allow transgender inmates to be housed in facilities matching their gender identity rather than their biological sex.
Iranian authorities have extended the prison sentence of jailed human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi by an additional seven and a half years.
