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7 Jul 2011, 6:21 am
Leal in a timely manner, he would not now be facing execution for a capital murder he did not commit,” Leal’s attorneys told the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles in a clemency request that was rejected last week, AP reports. [read post]
7 Jul 2011, 2:09 am
The Board of Pardons and Paroles has not recommended a stay in this case. [read post]
28 Jun 2011, 12:41 pm
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]
17 Jun 2011, 9:06 am
In response, Perry spokeswoman Lucy Nashed told Reuters that “the governor would have to receive a favorable recommendation from the Board of Pardons and Paroles to consider the clemency requested. [read post]
16 Jun 2011, 9:36 am
Perry is awaiting a recommendation from the State Board of Pardons, his office said, though Texas has rarely granted clemency. [read post]
15 Jun 2011, 11:23 am
Please sign this petition to Urge the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and Gov. [read post]
15 Jun 2011, 8:11 am
Retired U.S. military brass, diplomats, politicians and a former FBI chief urged the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to delay the execution of a Mexican national convicted of murder, arguing that the case needs to be reviewed.Humberto Leal Garcia, a 38-year-old native of Monterrey, is scheduled to be executed July 7.He was sentenced to death in 1995 by a Texas court for the kidnapping, rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl.Without … [read post]
13 Jun 2011, 8:01 am
Rick Perry and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles — both in the uncommon position of making a decision with international impact — should commute or postpone the death sentence of Humberto Leal, a Mexican raised in Texas, scheduled to die July 7 for the 1994 murder of Adria Sauceda, 16, in Bexar County. [read post]
10 Jun 2011, 2:27 pm
" (Sign this petition to Urge the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and Gov. [read post]
10 Jun 2011, 7:56 am
diplomats, retired military leaders, former judges and prosecutors, and organizations representing Americans abroad called on the Texas Governor and Board of Pardons and Paroles to grant a stay of execution to Humberto Leal Garcia, a Mexican national on death row who is scheduled to be executed on July 7. [read post]
10 Jun 2011, 7:43 am
Rick Perry and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to stay his execution and allow him to testify both as a victim and a witness of abuses allegedly perpetrated decades ago by Father Federico Fernandez, who served at St. [read post]
9 Jun 2011, 8:01 am
Pat Rodgers, spokesman for the Archdiocese of San Antonio, said the allegation would be investigated.The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles will review the petition and make a recommendation to Gov. [read post]
8 Jun 2011, 10:06 am
"He never stood a chance," said Northwestern University School of Law professor Sandra Babcock, Leal's current attorney and author of the petition sent to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles Tuesday. [read post]
8 Jun 2011, 7:36 am
If the state of Texas goes through with the planned July 7 execution of Humberto Leal it will be committing an "irreparable breach of international law," attorney Sandra Babcock argues in a clemency petition filed this week with the Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
7 Jun 2011, 1:44 pm
A petition filed on Tuesday with the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, supported by letters from groups of retired generals, judges and ambassadors, argues that Americans abroad will be put at risk if the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations is not honored. [read post]
7 Jun 2011, 7:25 am
" Attorneys for Humberto Leal Garcia today filed a clemency petition with the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and Governor Rick Perry, requesting a stay of his July 7 execution date. [read post]
6 Jun 2011, 1:27 pm
" A clemency request has been filed with the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles for Humberto Leal Garcia, a Mexican sentenced to death in that U.S. state, the National Human Rights Commission, or CNDH, said.Texas Gov. [read post]
3 May 2011, 7:50 am
Last week, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals refused an appeal from Kerr and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles turned down a clemency request. [read post]
25 Apr 2011, 12:15 pm
As doubts about Troy Davis’ guilt continue to remain unresolved by the courts, the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles must step in and ensure that, at least, he is not executed. [read post]
5 Apr 2011, 12:18 pm
Rick Perry and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles should stay the remaining pending executions until the legislature enacts measures that provide the same comprehensive regulations for the taking of human life as those provided to animals. [read post]
