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7 Aug 2007, 8:33 am
" The state Board of Pardons and Paroles on Monday suspended its consideration of clemency for a death-row inmate convicted of killing a Savannah police officer. [read post]
13 Jul 2007, 10:42 pm
State denies Troy Davis more time to make case for clemencyJohn Lewis to testify on behalf of Davis, who is to be executed TuesdayBy CARLOS CAMPOSPublished on: 07/13/07The state Board of Pardons and Paroles denied a request from TroyAnthony Davis' lawyers this afternoon for more time to make theircase for clemency.Lawyers had asked that the Monday meeting to discuss clemency bepostponed. [read post]
13 Feb 2012, 7:09 am by guest-writer
These letters, apparently, had an effect on the governor, as he eventually pardoned Bostick after receiving advice from the Mississippi Parole Board, which recommended a pardon by a vote of 3-2. [read post]
17 Mar 2008, 6:24 am
Call on the Georgia Board of Pardon and Paroles to commute the death sentence for Troy Davis! [read post]
19 Sep 2011, 6:37 pm by Jeralyn
After a full day of clemency hearings for Troy Davis, the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles has delayed its decision on his execution, now set for Weds. at 7pm. [read post]
30 Jun 2009, 11:25 am
"Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board denies clemency," is the title of the AP brief, via NewsOK.The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board has unanimously denied clemency for a 32-year-old man facing execution for killing two men in southern Oklahoma. [read post]
15 May 2011, 9:41 am by Gritsforbreakfast
For the second time this month, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has told the Department of Criminal Justice and the Board of Pardons and Paroles to begin holding a lot more hearings to provide parolees due process, decisions which come with a high financial price-tag that's accounted for in neither the House nor Senate budgets.Earlier, the CCA ruled that the Board of Pardons and Paroles couldn't apply sex-offender registration… [read post]
13 Nov 2009, 2:57 am
But he called her out for violating parolees' civil rights in just about the harshest terms imaginable and ordered the state to pay six-figure legal fees, reports the Statesman's Mike Ward ("No liability for parole chief," Nov. 13): The Tuesday decision absolves Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles Chairwoman Rissie Owens of personal liability in actions against Ray Curtis Graham and still leaves state taxpayers liable for… [read post]
9 Jan 2016, 2:49 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Rick Perry rejected two thirds of positive recommendations he received from his appointees on the Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
6 Feb 2018, 1:44 pm by David M. Boertje
As a result, he will be released on parole, with the support of the Board of Parole Hearings. [read post]
17 Mar 2015, 12:08 pm by CJLF Staff
  House Bill 71, or the Parole Board Transparency Act, would force the parole board to be clearer and more forward about the parole and pardon process. [read post]
20 Apr 2012, 11:42 am by Steve Hall
The state Board of Pardons and Paroles today spared the life of a Taylor County murderer who was facing death by lethal injection this week, granting clemency for the fourth time since 2002. [read post]
25 Aug 2008, 1:40 pm
In Texas, the governor has the authority to grant clemency (a pardon) upon the written recommendation of a majority of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
19 Jan 2012, 8:00 am by Steve Hall
Huntsville lawyer Bill Habern made his unusual request in a three-page letter to Rissie Owens, chairwoman of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
18 Oct 2020, 8:55 pm by Douglas A. Berman
  The Board of Pardons and Committee on Parole voted Thursday to release Fair Wayne Bryant, 63, records show. [read post]
18 Jul 2007, 7:22 am
" Hours before he was scheduled to die by lethal injection, the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles on Monday granted a stay of execution to a man convicted of killing a Savannah police officer in 1989. [read post]
18 Feb 2011, 7:11 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Perry did grant a pardon to Anthony Graves (following a recommendation, of course, from the Board of Pardons and Paroles), I don't see how anyone would have grounds to contest it. [read post]
22 May 2008, 2:43 pm
The order of the state Board of Pardons and Paroles can be found here. [read post]