TAMPA Zackery Hicks, 42, needed a place to live after serving 14 years in prison on a robbery conviction. But, as a registered sex offender, Hicks wasn't allowed to live within 1,000 feet of a school, day care center, public park, playground or bus stop. ...more

September 18, 2008

TALLAHASSEE - More than 150,000 former felons in Florida are eligible to cast ballots in this year's elections, but most of them may not even know their rights have been restored, according to state parole commission officials. ...more

July 7, 2008

A 20 percent cut to the budget for the state parole commission may result in a slowdown for people seeking clemency or restoration of civil rights, the chairwoman of the state Parole Commission said Thursday. ...more

June 6, 2008

Warren Jeffs, the leader of a polygamous sect, could spend the rest of his life in prison after he was sentenced Tuesday for being an accomplice to the rape of a 14-year-old follower who was ordered to marry her cousin. ...more

November 21, 2007

Arthur Bremer, who as a young loner 35 years ago made a bold grab for notoriety by shooting four people - including Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace - in a suburban Maryland parking lot, was released from state prison early Friday morning after officials said he had turned himself into a "model prisoner." ...more

November 10, 2007

HUDSON - The relief on Richard Paey's face was obvious Thursday evening as he was helped from a government vehicle in the driveway of a home he had not seen in more than three years. ...more

September 20, 2007