A lawsuit filed on behalf of nearly 5,000 inmates -- the killers, robbers and rapists of long ago who today are the veterans of Virginia's prison population -- claims they have been unfairly and ...

Advocates say fewer parole options are keeping older inmates behind bars longer, increasing costs for taxpayers.

"Parole became so increasingly political and people were not being evaluated based on how they had rehabilitated themselves," Waters said. " [Dennison] was the chair at a time when everybody believed ...