Alabama State Parole Board

Miriam Shehane, who founded a victims’ rights movement in Alabama after the killing of her daughter, has. She was 91. Shehane in 1982 founded Victims of Crime and Leniency. She led a victims’ rights movement that reshaped Alabama’s judicial and parole system.

Alabama inmates could see more time behind bars under a bill the House approved that restricts the use of good behavior incentives to shorten prison stays. The Alabama House of Representatives voted 79-24 for the Senate-passed proposal that now goes to Gov. Kay Ivey for her signature.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey and Attorney General Steve Marshall say they are dissatisfied with the parole board's improvement plan. They are asking the board to…