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26 Sep 2013, 10:32 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Rick Perry has granted about one out of every 33 clemency requests received by the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles since he took office in 2001. [read post]
7 Aug 2007, 7:29 am
Parole board bows out of Davis clemency bid Tuesday, August 7, 2007 at 12:30 am | (see enhanced version) Troy Anthony Davis (Photo: Savannah Morning News) The fate of Troy Anthony Davis moved to the Georgia Supreme Court on Monday after state parole officials voted to suspend his clemency request.The five members of the Board of Pardons and Paroles said Monday they would "suspend consideration" of a request… [read post]
4 Dec 2013, 4:15 am by Gritsforbreakfast
“Those decisions come down to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
17 Jul 2007, 4:58 am
July 17, 2007GeorgiaGeorgia parole board issues 90-day stay of execution for death row inmateBy Kate Randall, World SocialistThe Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles temporarily halted theexecution of Troy Anthony Davis on Monday, issuing a 90-day stay ofexecution less than 24 hours before he was scheduled to die by lethalinjection.Davis, 38, was convicted in 1991 of the 1989 murder of Mark Allen MacPhail,a Savannah, Georgia police… [read post]
13 May 2009, 12:34 am
Rick Perry's nominees to serve on the state board of pardons and parole over concerns she is unqualified for the job.The 27-4 vote Wednesday to send the nomination of Shanda Perkins of Burleson back to committee was a resounding bipartisan rejection of the former banker. [read post]
21 Dec 2006, 8:20 am
  The pardon had been recommended by the Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
30 Aug 2007, 3:23 am
Aug. 30, 2007Parole board votes to spare condemned killerBy MICHAEL GRACZYK, Associated PressHUNTSVILLE, Texas - The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommendedThursday that Gov. [read post]
9 Jul 2009, 6:36 pm
On Thursday, he appeared before the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole for his third hearing seeking release. [read post]
20 Sep 2011, 7:13 am by Steve Hall
Davis’s lawyers that shaky witness testimony and a lack of physical evidence presented enough doubt about his guilt to spare him death, the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles ruled on Tuesday morning that Mr. [read post]
15 Oct 2012, 8:00 am by tgatton
  This would remove the Governor from the parole process for non-violent offenders and would place that power in the hands of the Pardon and Parole Board. [read post]
1 Mar 2010, 4:35 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The Texas Board of Pardons and Parole has recommended a pardon for Timothy Cole, who died in prison of an asthma attack before DNA could prove he was innocent of the rape for which he was falsely convicted. [read post]
22 May 2012, 1:31 pm by Steve Hall
The Montana Board of Pardons and Paroles is recommending against allowing Ronald Smith to live out the rest of his life at the state prison — despite his emotional apology from Smith at his clemency hearing earlier this month. [read post]
30 Aug 2007, 10:39 am
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has recommended a stay of execution for Kenneth Foster. [read post]
16 Feb 2013, 3:08 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman this week reported ("Senators propose removing parole duties from prison agency," Feb. 13) that parole board chair Rissie Owens has been "quietly shopping" a proposal to shift control of parole operations from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to the Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
23 Mar 2013, 2:12 am by Jasmine Joseph
Setting up an agency in the model of the Parole Board of Canada to help the Executive Head in decision making could be considered. [read post]
13 Nov 2009, 2:09 pm
11-13-2009 Texas: by Mike Ward Judge repeals jury fine but chides state parole board. [read post]
13 Jul 2007, 5:22 am
Thecase of Troy Anthony Davis, scheduled to come before the state Board ofPardons and Paroles on Monday, is one of those. [read post]
13 Jun 2011, 8:35 am by Gritsforbreakfast
But it raises the question of whether the Board of Pardons and Paroles is equipped to hold these extra hearings, as well as other new hearings the courts may soon require. [read post]
20 Sep 2011, 8:53 am by Will Matthews, ACLU
The Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole today denied clemency to Troy Davis, despite serious concerns that he was wrongfully convicted in 1989 for killing a police officer. [read post]
6 May 2009, 4:51 am
I'm not the only one, apparently, dissatisfied with Shanda Perkins' nomination for the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole. [read post]