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9 Sep 2011, 11:11 am
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]
8 Sep 2011, 2:35 pm
You can help to prevent this injustice: go here to urge Texas Governor Rick Perry and to the board of pardons and parole to intervene before it's too late. [read post]
8 Sep 2011, 7:27 am
Today, Taylor urged the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, Gov. [read post]
7 Sep 2011, 7:56 am
But Buck, scheduled to be executed Sept. 15 for the July 1995 murders of his ex-girlfriend Debra Gardner and her friend Kenneth Butler, never got a new punishment hearing in what his lawyers contend was an oversight.Now, Buck's Texas Defender Service Lawyers are asking the state Board of Pardons and Paroles to recommend that Gov. [read post]
6 Sep 2011, 7:36 am
"This case represents an obvious injustice that must be remedied by prosecutors, the courts or by Governor Perry and the Board of Pardons and Paroles," said attorney Kate Black. [read post]
2 Sep 2011, 9:04 am
Lucy Nashed, a spokeswoman for the governor, said the governor could grant clemency only when the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles — whose members Mr. [read post]
1 Sep 2011, 7:32 am
On Wednesday, Buck's lawyers petitioned the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and Gov. [read post]
31 Aug 2011, 1:35 pm
" Today, attorneys for Duane Edward Buck filed a clemency petition with the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles urging the Board and Governor Perry to intervene and halt the execution of Mr. [read post]
25 Aug 2011, 4:56 am
After being assured by the feds that paroled inmates with deportation orders would actually be sent to their home countries and not end up supervised on parole, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles may soon begin paroling immigrants in Texas prisons with deportation orders - both legal and illegal, violent and nonviolent - to free up prison bed space under a new law passed this year. [read post]
23 Aug 2011, 9:07 am
Local prosecutors make the decision to seek the death penalty, and clemency is only allowed if the Board of Pardons and Paroles recommends it. [read post]
31 Jul 2011, 5:34 am
" The latter sentiment may be technically true, but for example, after this legislative session Texas now has more than 3,000 felonies on the books (the Board of Pardons and Paroles will issue the exact count later this year). [read post]
21 Jul 2011, 11:45 am
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]
20 Jul 2011, 8:16 am
Stroman's supporters are urging the governor and the state Board of Pardons and Parole to grant clemency. [read post]
18 Jul 2011, 8:33 am
Rick Perry and the Board of Pardons and Paroles to reduce Stroman's death sentence — handed down by a Dallas County judge for the shooting death of Mesquite store clerk Vasudev Patel - to life without parole.He says he learned the healing power of forgiveness from his parents, and his faith. [read post]
16 Jul 2011, 5:41 am
(See his website, including a petition to the Board of Pardons and Paroles.)Texas created its victim-offender mediation program as an homage to restorative justice principles, but normally - because usually the victim is dead - death-row offenders don't participate in the program. [read post]
15 Jul 2011, 10:16 am
The Governor’s Office says it has not received the lawsuit and would need a favorable recommendation from the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to grant clemency. [read post]
7 Jul 2011, 9:14 am
Despite the pleas, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles on Tuesday rejected Leal’s request for a delay. [read post]
7 Jul 2011, 8:25 am
And: The Texas board of pardons and paroles on Tuesday denied Garcia's request for a reprieve or commutationof his sentence, leaving any final decision on his fate to either the Supreme Court or Rick Perry, the Texas governor. [read post]
7 Jul 2011, 8:16 am
The state's Board of Pardons and Parole ruled that Leal did not deserve to have his death sentence commuted to life in prison without parole. [read post]
7 Jul 2011, 7:26 am
On Tuesday, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles rejected a request to commute his sentence. [read post]
