Kansas' parole board has reversed its decision to release a man convicted of a state Highway Patrol trooper' 1978 murder after strong criticism prompted the governor to call on the board to reconsider.

The Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference is denouncing Gov. Bill Lee’s first veto and urging state lawmakers to override him on a bill giving the parole board more power. Passed overwhelmingly with little fanfare by the legislature this year,

Trooper O’Brien, 26, was conducting a routine traffic stop on the Kansas Turnpike during the early morning hours of May 24, 1978, when Nelms and two others overpowered him. Authorities said O’Brien was forced at gunpoint into a roadside ditch, where he was pistol-whipped and fatally shot twice in the head with his own service weapon.

On July 29, 1986, Eagles and his co-defendant, Jeffrey Roberio, went to 79-year-old Lewis Jennings’ trailer in Middleborough to steal money from the home.

The Kansas Prisoner Review Board rescinded parole for Jimmie Nelms, who was convicted of killing Trooper Conroy O'Brien in 1978.

The Kansas Prisoner Review Board responded to a backlash of criticism by rescinding a decision to authorize parole for a Winfield Correctional Facility inmate sentenced to life in prison in the shooting death of a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper.

The state’s far-left Parole Board has quietly pushed ruling on whether to let loose one of New York City’s most notorious cop killers until after the June 24 primary – raising speculation by

Officials have reversed a decision to grant parole to a man who shot and killed a Kansas state trooper more than 45 years ago.

The Sentencing Project's report reveals that parole for individuals serving life sentences has been eroded, with nearly 97,000 people eligible for parole but facing delays, and recommends reforms to restore the meaning of life with parole and embrace a more just and rehabilitative approach to criminal justice.