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15 Dec 2011, 3:30 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The parole board has balked and largely defied the courts beyond the individual prisoners whose cases they ruled on, leaving the board and thousands of similarly situated parolees in legal limbo. [read post]
9 Dec 2011, 5:13 am by Gritsforbreakfast
It's been going on as long as Grits has followed the agency.Now the latest example of parole-board hubris arises: The board will not any time soon implement legislation encouraging parole of illegal immigrants who're eligible for deportation, choosing to ignore a bill passed in the latest session by departing House Corrections Committee Chairman Jerry Madden. [read post]
16 Nov 2011, 6:21 am by Conor McEvily
Anticipating strong civic interest in the oral arguments in the case, C-SPAN chairman Brian Lamb has sent a letter to Chief Justice Roberts asking the Court to allow live television coverage of those arguments. [read post]
31 Oct 2011, 3:07 pm by Brian Stull, Capital Punishment Project
In 2004, before Texas executed Willingham for the alleged arson murder of his three children, the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole had received a report by a renowned fire scientist named Dr. [read post]
13 Oct 2011, 12:16 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
According to the Legislative Budget Boards's latest recidivism report (pdf, p. 40), three-year reincarceration rates for released prisoners broke out by age as follows:25-29: 26.9%30-34: 24.6%35-39: 24.6%40-44: 24.2%45+: 17.6%So for my money, the best budgetary and public-safety bang for the buck comes from releasing older offenders who also cost the state the most in healthcare services.Do I think the parole board will do that? [read post]
10 Oct 2011, 1:57 pm by Steve Hall
"The system is not fair, and I think that's un-American," said Ron Steiner of Salem, board chairman of the group. [read post]
28 Sep 2011, 1:38 pm by Steve Hall
Chairman Charles Traughber and Board Member Chuck Taylor voted to reject her parole. [read post]
23 Sep 2011, 6:26 am by Moria Miller
Sandman also is vice chairman of the Washington Performing Arts Society and on the boards of the International Senior Lawyers Project, the Meyer Foundation, and the Women’s Bar Association. [read post]
22 Sep 2011, 5:36 pm by SOIssues
That law directed the chairman of the parole board, in consultation with the state attorney general, to “establish a program for the continuous, satellite-based monitoring of sex offenders in this state. [read post]
19 Sep 2011, 10:22 am by Steve Hall
" Also, Bianca Jagger has published her, "Letter to Chairman of Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles: Grant Clemency to Troy Davis," at Huffington Post. [read post]
28 Jun 2011, 12:41 pm by Steve Hall
Leal are also awaiting a decision on a clemency petition and stay motion from the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and Governor Rick Perry. [read post]
16 Jun 2011, 9:36 am by Steve Hall
Senator Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced legislation this week to address cases like Mr. [read post]
3 Jun 2011, 12:27 am
“Here’s this guy trading ‘favors’ in prison for chocolate bars, and we’ve got to release him — and they (legislators) are still waffling on the bill,” said Alan Coburn, who served as chairman of the Adult Parole Board Thursday. [read post]
10 May 2011, 6:45 pm by Lovechilde
By the end of the convention, the resolution had been referred with strong support to the Executive Board and many members of the Party’s leadership agreed to urge the Governor to finish the job he started and save a full $1 billion. [read post]
1 Apr 2011, 8:00 am by Anita Davies
The Parole Board has recommended release but successive governments have rejected its advice. [read post]