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3 Apr 2010, 6:01 am
Colo. parole board chairman Michaud to step down - The Denver PostAfter rising from patrol cop to Denver's police chief, David Michaud might have been expected to be a throw-away-the-key type parole board chairman. [read post]
8 Aug 2010, 9:43 am
8-8-2010 Delaware:Members say chairman oversteps his authorityDelaware's Board of Parole has been rocked by internal turmoil, its chairman facing allegations from board members that he released at least one inmate without a vote by the full board.The split on the board got so bad that in late April, four of its five members asked a Superior Court judge to order board Chairman Dwight F. [read post]
10 May 2010, 8:03 pm
Bill Ritter announced today that he has named Parole Board Vice Chair Becky Lucero of Pueblo as the panel’s new chair, replacing retiring Chairman David Michaud. [read post]
9 Nov 2009, 1:16 pm
It is the parole board that decides how long inmates actually spend behind bars. [read post]
8 Oct 2009, 10:02 pm
Texas' Board of Pardons and Parole violated the rights of an individual who was required to register as a sex offender as a condition of parole, without so much as a hearing, even though he'd never been convicted of a sex crime, a federal jury found yesterday.Even more surprising, the jury held Parole Board Chair Rissie Owens personally liable, while Judge Sam Sparks fined the state's attorney for prejudicial comments in court. [read post]
9 Oct 2009, 6:07 am
A federal court in Austin ruled that parole officials violated the constitutional rights of Curtis Ray Graham, an ex-convict who was denied a required hearing for 576 days.Graham sued the parole board for classifying [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]
3 Apr 2008, 8:16 am
(Video from the hearing is available online here.)Chairman John Whitmire was in top form, politely but firmly taking TDCJ officials and parole board chair Rissie Owens to task for not doing enough to notify inmates why their parole is denied. [read post]
28 Jan 2007, 11:54 am
Modifies the ex officio membership of the Board by removing the chairman of the Virginia Parole Board and adding the assistant superintendent for Special Education and Student Services [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]
27 Mar 2012, 4:44 am
’’ Now, the Parole Board chairman, recently-former Assistant District Attorney Josh Wall, defends his agency’s performance, arguing that the new board is simply being more careful while coping with a shortage of resources. [read post]
16 Feb 2013, 3:08 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
“The parole board should oversee parole operations, instead of having that managed by the prison system. [read post]
14 Jun 2010, 9:26 am by Steve Hall
"Gardner commutation denied," is the Salt Lake Tribune report by Nate Carlisle.The Board of Pardons and Parole has denied killer Ronnie Lee Gardner's commutation request, meaning his June 18 execution by firing squad will move forward as planned.The board reconvened at 9 a.m. [read post]
13 May 2009, 7:53 am
Whitmire said he respected Perkins but she should not be on the parole board, which literally considers matters of life and death. [read post]
3 Sep 2015, 6:35 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Abbott has replaced Rissie Owens as parole board chair with David Gutierrez, "who has served on the parole board since 2009, served as the sheriff in Lubbock for 11 years and was chairman of the Texas Commission on Jail Standards and the Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical and Mental Impairments Advisory Board. [read post]
19 Aug 2010, 7:30 am by Gritsforbreakfast
In those instances, particularly when the risk factors for recidivism are minimal, exactly what is the parole board waiting for? [read post]
2 Jul 2010, 10:34 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Leeper only joined the board last year, according to the parole board's annual report (pdf), so he can't be blamed for any failures to use medical parole in years past. [read post]
24 Sep 2007, 3:22 pm
The highlights: The Board of Pardons and Paroles is reviewing the cases of 400 to 600 inmates who were scheduled for release on parole. [read post]