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4 Dec 2007, 10:17 pm
But I'm sure many such prisoners would prefer to stay in the United States under parole instead of be deported.The range of sources in the Chronicle article were extremely narrow: Kahan, the victim's family, and Board of Pardons and Parole Chair Rissie Owens. [read post]
2 Dec 2009, 8:50 am
Rick Perry declined to accept a recommendation by the state Board of Pardons and Paroles that Thompson's sentence be commuted to life in prison. [read post]
18 Jan 2012, 12:59 pm by CJLF Staff
Commutes Killer's Death Sentence: Randall Chase of the Associated Press reports Delaware Governor Jack Markell accepted a recommendation from the state Board of Pardons to commute Robert Gattis' death sentence to life in prison without parole. [read post]
5 Oct 2011, 5:26 am by Gritsforbreakfast
" (More like "olds" - these are longstanding controversies.)What caught my eye, though, were bizarre representations from parole board chair Rissie Owens that simply can't be justified:Rissie Owens, presiding officer of Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, said there long has been a misconception that offenders are entering the Texas prison system young and staying until they are old. [read post]
30 May 2012, 5:45 pm by ebcarpenter
A proposal to merge the Pardon Board with the Parole Board was endorsed by the state Sentencing Commission and is on the verge of passing the Legislature. [read post]
17 Feb 2010, 8:58 am by Michael Lowe
The Governor May Still Issue a Pardon for Tim Cole Now, The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles may open the way to the elusive pardon, based upon an application filed by the Innocence Project of Texas. [read post]
6 Sep 2007, 12:38 pm
  LINKGod bless the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and Gov. [read post]
Rick Perry and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to halt Stroman’s execution and commute his sentence to life imprisonment without parole. [read post]
18 Sep 2007, 3:01 am
Reported the Statesman's Mike Ward this morning ("Some youth commission inmates approved for parole," Sept. 18):State Board of Pardons and Paroles Chairwoman Rissie Owens confirmed Monday that a special parole review panel approved the conditions of release for a group of at least nine 19- and 20-year-old offenders. [read post]
18 Sep 2007, 3:01 am
Reported the Statesman's Mike Ward this morning ("Some youth commission inmates approved for parole," Sept. 18):State Board of Pardons and Paroles Chairwoman Rissie Owens confirmed Monday that a special parole review panel approved the conditions of release for a group of at least nine 19- and 20-year-old offenders. [read post]
21 Oct 2007, 12:01 pm
Rell authorized the Board of Pardons and Paroles to hire five temporary employees to process and review a backlog of 1,000 parole applications. [read post]
10 Jun 2019, 2:11 pm by Charlie Dunlap
Robert Bales’s court-martial conviction and sentence to life in prison without parole for killing 16 Afghans has perceptibly advanced Afghans’ opinion of the U.S. as a rule-of-law nation? [read post]
31 Jul 2007, 2:14 pm
The governor also said that certain burglars eligible for parole will undergo psychiatric evaluation and that the Board of Pardons and Paroles will receive more information from police and the judicial system. [read post]
21 Nov 2009, 10:49 am
In "An embarrassment to Texas justice," Houston criminal defense lawyer Tom Moran writes about the case of his client Robert Thompson, executed the night before last after Texas Governor Rick Perry refused to commute his sentence despite the recommendation of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, for a capital murder in which he was not the shooter, and in which the shooter was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole. [read post]
9 Feb 2015, 12:48 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
But Spencer’s hopes were dashed in April 2011 when the Court of Criminal Appeals rejected the judge’s findings.Spencer’s new plea will go to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, which will make a recommendation to Abbott. [read post]
19 Nov 2009, 6:34 am
Rick Perry after the state parole board recommended that the death sentence be commuted to life in prison. [read post]
19 Jul 2007, 3:22 am
On this list, the Board of Pardons and Parole has identified 2,324 separate acts which the state Legislature has declared felonies! [read post]
17 Jul 2007, 8:00 am
In a 2000 affidavit, she stated thatshe had not seen who the gunman was, but testified against Davis out offear that if she did not, because she was on parole at the time, she wouldbe sent back to jail. [read post]
16 Sep 2011, 2:48 pm by Rekha Arulanantham, ACLU
Who can you help save by sending a letter to the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Parole? [read post]