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30 Sep 2010, 7:59 am by Steve Hall
As a result, the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole released Cacy after she had served six years of a 99-year prison sentence. [read post]
15 Dec 2011, 3:30 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The agency ends the year leaderless, with the new board expected to select an executive director in January.Parole board defies courts on 'Condition X': Throughout the year, federal and state judges repeatedly ordered the Board of Pardons and Paroles to cease assigning sex offender conditions ("Condition X") to parolees who were never convicted of a sex crime. [read post]
23 Sep 2008, 7:59 am
In July 2007, the state Board of Pardons and Paroles stepped in and stayed Davis' execution less than 24 hours before it was to be carried out. [read post]
6 Nov 2011, 12:42 pm by SOIssues
The Board of Pardons is considering 300 more applications of parolees seeking to have Special Condition X removed. [read post]
12 Apr 2022, 11:23 am by Alicia Maule
Today, Melissa Lucio’s attorneys submitted a supplemental clemency application to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and Governor Abbott. [read post]
9 Sep 2011, 11:11 am by Jeff Gamso
As Georgia gets set to murder the quite possibly innocent Troy Davis on September 21, the Board of Pardons and Paroles announced that it will hold a second clemency hearing for him on September 19. [read post]
24 Aug 2012, 7:34 am by Gritsforbreakfast
"We are pleased with our continuing increase in granting parole," said Rissie Owens, chairwoman of the state's pardons and parole board. [read post]
30 Aug 2007, 10:17 am
Today, 7 hours before he was to be executed, Texas Governor Perry commuted his sentence:Thursday's vote marked only the second time since Texas resumed carrying out executions in 1982 that the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles endorsed stopping an execution with so little time remaining. [read post]
7 May 2011, 1:46 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Older prisoners are boosting Texas' healthcare costs as well (it's not like Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles is particularly generous toward this category of inmates), but California's overuse of life sentences has swelled the ranks of their prison geriatric wards. [read post]
12 Jan 2011, 8:22 am by Steve Hall
Sixteen of the pardons are granted at the recommendation of the Board of Probation and Parole (BOPP). [read post]
19 May 2016, 4:50 am by Gritsforbreakfast
And the number of inmates whose cases are reviewed and the outcomes can be determined from Board of Pardons and Parole reporting. [read post]
13 Oct 2015, 1:25 pm by John Floyd
  If the Board of Pardons and Paroles grants the application, it is sent to the Governor for his review. [read post]
6 Dec 2011, 8:05 am by Steve Hall
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted 3-2 on Monday to reject clemency for an inmate scheduled to die for the 1994 stabbing death of a man in Miami, Okla. [read post]
8 Dec 2009, 2:30 am
After every biennial legislative session, the Board of Pardons and Parole must identify all new felonies created by the Texas Legislature and assign each offense a "severity" level for purposes of inmate classification and to guide future release decisions. [read post]
18 Jan 2015, 7:11 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The Texas House Corrections Committee this week put out its interim report (pdf) covering the following topics:Oversight of TDCJ, the Board of Pardons and Paroles, and TJJDReview of mental health services in the justice systemEvaluate 'pay for performance' model for privatizing juvenile justiceSchool discipline and the criminal justice systemThere's a decent overview of operations of monitored agencies, including a good discussion of administrative… [read post]
10 Jan 2010, 7:11 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Since becoming President, Barack Obama has issued more pardons to Thanksgiving turkeys than to ex-offenders.As Texas Governor, Rick Perry has not completely sidelined his pardon power, but he has used it quite sparingly and refused to offer clemency to the majority of offenders for whom the Board of Pardons and Parole recommended it during his tenure. [read post]
9 Oct 2011, 11:05 am by Walter Reaves
The pardon application must be submitted to the Board of Pardons and Paroles, who will make the recommendation to the governor. [read post]
8 Apr 2022, 9:52 am by Alicia Maule
Moody, sent the state’s Board of Pardons and Paroles and Gov. [read post]
29 Aug 2007, 9:13 pm
Foster's last hope lies with the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and the Governor. [read post]