additional support is provided by the abrams foundation, committed to excellence in journalism. the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues.jo th and helen glessner family trust, supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. and by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler. additional support for "life on parolewas provided by the w.k. kellogg foundation and the john d. and catherine t. macarthu foundation. (birds chirping) >> narrator: for a year and a connecticut as they lesonople in and were put on parole. >> i've been incarcerated for a little over eight-and-a-half years. the judge gave me ten years, ind thought it was the ef the world, and here i am, ten days i'm going to be walking out the door. starting my lifever. >> narrator: the state is trying to use paroleo as part of an effort reduce its prison population. >> hen i get out, you know, hopefully i get out of here and stay out of here. i've beehere before, so it's easier said than done. >> narrator: it is now giving parole to more of

abrams who's also in washington. we heard there, dan, that the president believes this is politically motivated. >> the allegation is that this was effectively a shell foundationat the treasurer didn't even know that he was the treasurer, that there were no employees. the attorney general is saying he was using the funds from the foundation to, as kyra points out, support campaign costs, legal fees, et cetera. there are very specific rules and laws that exist when you have a not for profit organization and you're simply not allowed to intermingle funds. you're not allowed to use it for other things and that's going to become the legal question here. >> as kyra also pointed out, this is a civil case. >> that's right. for now this is just civil, meaning money damages to prevent the family from ever serving as leaders of foundations in new york at least for the next year or in donald trump's case, for ten years, pay restitution. but the attorney general has also referred this for example to the irs and federal election commission, so there could be in the future possible state or federal charges but for now this is just civil. >> let's turn to the justice departm

foundation of your life and your faith in him. [music] ( marty ) the families of victims of the golden state killer have been appearing at every one of his court appearances.lemor abrams. jennifer carole/ victims' daughter:"i can't tell you how good it was yesterday to be with these women. they're so strong and they're so admirable."jennifer carole says they are the fiercest females she's ever met. and she got to know them for the first time here. . at this sacramentocounty courthouse where the suspect they say ripped apart their lives and stole their loved ones.. is finally facing a judge."i wish he could see how amazing they are."but 72-year-old joseph deangelo. . the former cop authorities say brutally murdered carole's parents and at least 12 others almost four decadesago. . stood silently in that courtroom cage. carole. . and about a half a dozen he's accused of raping. . sat right behind him. . studying his every move and state of mind."i want him worrying about his bunkmates, the guy walking up behind him who's in the shower with him. i want him worrying all the time."but attorneys say a trial may still be years away. for now. . carole is banding together with

foundation fo innovative >>> hi there, i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. this morning starts a lot like over the weekend, but we cool down as thththththththththththth >> from pennsylvania. over to amy now. >>> dan abrams project, he's written a fascinating new book called "lincoln's last trial: the murder case that propelled him to the presidency." dan, welcome back and the book is based, yeah. >> thank you. >> the book is based on a handwritten transcript of that murder trial from 1859 and it was found 130 years later looking a little bit like what -- >> like this here. >> there is a story about where this was found. >> this is the only transcript that exists of any case that lincoln ever argued and there it is in this sort of chewed up box found in the home that the great grandson of the defendant had lived in tied in a yellow bow and there you have a transcript with lincoln's own words as the lawyer in a very high-profile murder case and so we took that transcript which is sort of become a kind of footnote to history and told the whole story surrounding that very compelling and close murder case. >> why was it such a high-profile murder case? >> well, because it was involved two neighbors in a comm