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23 Feb 2024, 12:30 pm by John Ross
Tennessee inmate believes a new state law entitles him to immediate parole, but the parole board disagrees and refuses to give him a hearing. [read post]
8 Dec 2023, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Christopher Kurka violated the ethics law during a visit to the state Capitol by Pat Martin. [read post]
12 Nov 2023, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
Last week, a federal district court in Louisiana refused to grant a preliminary injunction in a case brought by death row inmates alleging violations of due process and equal protection after the State Board of Pardons and Paroles decided not to hold hearings on their requests for clemency. [read post]
1 Nov 2023, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
People seeking a commutation or a pardon first must petition the Parole Board, which, in this capacity, sits as the Advisory Board of Pardons.The Board reviews those petitions and determines whether a petition warrants a hearing. [read post]
27 Oct 2023, 12:30 pm by John Ross
The parole board votes to grant him parole, with a scheduled release date the following April. [read post]
20 Sep 2023, 10:19 am by Alicia Maule
To avoid further injustice, residents of Louisiana must urge the Louisiana Parole Board to hold clemency hearings now and recommend clemency to the Governor so that the Governor can commute death sentences to life in prison before he leaves office in January 2024. [read post]
8 Sep 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
California – San Francisco Corruption: Ex-parole agent pleads guilty in bribery case San Francisco Standard – Noah Baustin | Published: 8/31/2023 An ex-parole agent and local pop singer pleaded guilty to bribery charges in federal court, marking the latest development in a Justice Department investigation uncovering corruption in San Francisco City Hall. [read post]
24 Aug 2023, 3:02 pm by Anthony A. Fatemi, LLC
When signing one of his deportation forms, the applicant stated that he felt that he was signing his “death papers. [read post]
30 Jul 2023, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
”Edwards’s statement was a significant development in the ongoing struggle to end the death penalty in this country even though, unlike Texas, Oklahoma, or other states in the region, Louisiana has not executed anyone in more than a decade.His words prompted 51 of the 57 people on his state’s death row to act in unison and file clemency petitions with the Board of Pardons and Committee on Paroles on June 13. [read post]
21 Mar 2023, 4:40 am by Phil Dixon
Cases that may be of interest to state practitioners are summarized monthly. [read post]
29 Jul 2022, 12:30 pm by John Ross
The district court tosses their motion and rules that the ordinances are either unconstitutional or preempted by state law. [read post]
18 Jun 2022, 7:28 am by John Floyd
Michigan, Mississippi, and Oklahoma passed legislation that improved parole review hearings, limited incarceration for parole violators, and created presumptive parole standards for certain offenders. [read post]
23 Dec 2021, 10:50 am by Dani Selby
The Innocence Project made its TikTok debut @innocenceMalcolm spent 38 years wrongly imprisoned in Louisiana. [read post]
12 Oct 2021, 11:46 am by Emily Dai
The communities most at risk for flooding are located in Louisiana, Florida, Kentucky and West Virginia. [read post]
12 Oct 2021, 11:45 am by Emily Dai
The communities most at risk for flooding are located in Louisiana, Florida, Kentucky and West Virginia. [read post]
17 Sep 2021, 1:06 pm by John Ross
For instance, inmates are allowed one delegate at parole hearings, and the delegate is not permitted to speak about a range of subjects (like an inmate's efforts at rehabilitation) that the parole board must consider when making its decision. [read post]
5 Sep 2021, 1:15 pm by John Floyd
Rather than contract for a prison building contract, Mississippi elected to entice former Louisiana State Penitentiary Warden Burl Cain to become the state’s corrections chief. [read post]
16 Nov 2020, 9:04 am by DONALD SCARINCI
United States Railroad Retirement Board: The case requires the justices to determine whether, under Section 5(f) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act and Section 8 of the Railroad Retirement Act, the Railroad Retirement Board’s denial of a request to reopen a prior benefits determination is a “final decision” subject to judicial review. [read post]