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9 Apr 2024, 9:01 pm by Joseph Margulies
The Board denied parole by an evenly split vote, 2-2, with one member of the Board recusing.Finally, Drummond filed a brief supporting Glossip in the United States Supreme Court. [read post]
During the clemency meeting conducted by the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Parole, Pye’s lawyers relied on his intellectual disability and troubled upbringing. [read post]
22 Jan 2024, 7:43 am by Amy Howe
Less than a week later, the state’s Pardon and Parole Board turned down Glossip’s request for clemency, which the attorney general – apparently for the first time in the state’s history – had also supported. [read post]
19 Nov 2023, 1:07 pm by John Floyd
Judge Chambers Gray has since denied making a recommendation for parole, saying it is up to the executive branch of the Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
12 Nov 2023, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
”The Board of Pardons and Paroles sought an opinion from the attorney general regarding its authority to waive the one-year requirement. [read post]
1 Nov 2023, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
People seeking a commutation or a pardon first must petition the Parole Board, which, in this capacity, sits as the Advisory Board of Pardons.The Board reviews those petitions and determines whether a petition warrants a hearing. [read post]
17 Aug 2023, 2:57 am by Seán Binder
 Pardons are issued by the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles, and applications are considered after an individual has completed at least five years of their sentence. [read post]
15 Aug 2023, 4:13 am by SHG
Not even the governor of Georgia can pardon these defendants for five years after completion of sentence and only then on the award of the Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole. [read post]
30 Jul 2023, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
”Edwards’s statement was a significant development in the ongoing struggle to end the death penalty in this country even though, unlike Texas, Oklahoma, or other states in the region, Louisiana has not executed anyone in more than a decade.His words prompted 51 of the 57 people on his state’s death row to act in unison and file clemency petitions with the Board of Pardons and Committee on Paroles on June 13. [read post]
21 Jul 2023, 7:16 am by Lucie Gulino
In her public announcement on June 15, 2023, Governor Healey stated, “We are taking the extraordinary step of recommending pardons just months into the start of our administration because justice can’t wait. [read post]
11 Jun 2023, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
”For example, in another Missouri case, evidence of possible innocence changed the minds of former jurors in the case of Walter Barton, who was executed in 2020.And, in 2022, lawyers for Richard Fairchild presented affidavits from two jury members as part of their unsuccessful effort to persuade Oklahoma’s Pardon and Parole Board to spare his life. [read post]
6 Jun 2023, 12:33 pm by madeodev
On April 26, 2023, the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board split 2-2 on whether to grant Mr. [read post]
1 Jun 2023, 5:04 am by Marcia Coyle
Six days later, the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board deadlocked 2-2, declining to recommend clemency. [read post]
5 May 2023, 2:00 pm by Amy Howe
Less than a week later, by a vote of 2-2, the state’s Pardon and Parole Board turned down Glossip’s request for clemency, which the attorney general – apparently for the first time in the state’s history – had also supported. [read post]
3 May 2023, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
And since then the state’s Pardon and Parole Board has denied his request for clemency and Oklahoma Gov. [read post]