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19 Jan 2012, 8:00 am
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]
23 Dec 2010, 5:46 am
Ruckman who writes the blog Pardon Power got in a good one: "In Texas, the Board of Pardons and Paroles would seem to give the governor a kind of political cover, since he can’t grant a pardon without their recommendation. [read post]
13 May 2009, 3:06 pm
Mike Ward reports, "Shanda Perkins nomination busted," on the Austin American-Statesman Postcards blog.In a rare public rebuke, the Texas Senate this afternoon just blocked the controversial nomination of unemployed Burleson banker Shanda Perkins to become a member of the state Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
13 Nov 2009, 2:57 am
US District Judge Sam Sparks refused to hold parole board chair Rissie Owens personally liable, as a jury verdict would have him do, for applying sex-offender registration to Texas parolees without even minimalist due process. [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]
10 Jan 2008, 9:26 am
Supreme Court considers the constitutionality of lethal injection, a Texas Death Row inmate has an execution date set for next month, and no appeals on his behalf are pending before the courts and no clemency application has been filed with the Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
26 Oct 2011, 6:12 am
Presently, the Sunset Advisory Commission has begun its review of TDCJ and other criminal justice-related agencies, including the Board of Pardons and Paroles, the Windham School District, and the Correctional Managed Health Care Committee. [read post]
12 Sep 2011, 3:08 pm
Rick Perry and the Board of Pardons and Parole to intervene before it's too late. [read post]
19 Nov 2009, 3:39 pm
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles voted yesterday, 5-2, to recommend a commutation to the governor.Governor Perry's statement is here. [read post]
21 Jun 2008, 6:54 am
During this same time period, 31,904 allegations of parole violations were presented by the Department to the Board of Pardons and Paroles (Board) for administrative decisions, which resulted in 10,251 revocations of parole. [read post]
13 Aug 2008, 9:26 am
This page allows you to directly contact Governor Perry and the Texas Board of Pardon and Paroles via E-mail, on behalf of Jeff. [read post]
19 Nov 2009, 2:46 pm
Foster became only the second inmate since Texas resumed carrying out executions in 1982 who won a recommendation from the parole board as his execution loomed.Allan Turner has updated, "Parole board urges Perry to spare Houston killer," at the Houston Chronicle website.Texas' Board of Pardons and Paroles on Wednesday recommended that Gov. [read post]
14 Jul 2020, 8:43 am
In the current Texas constitution, the governor can pardon, but only after the conviction of the individual to be pardoned and a board of pardons and paroles recommends the pardon. [read post]
28 May 2014, 4:12 am
Tomorrow, Thursday, May 29, at noon, the Texas House Corrections Committee will hold a wide-ranging hearing in which they shall:Study and review the correctional facilities and processes within Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, and Texas Juvenile Justice Department with emphasis on efficiencies, effectiveness, and recidivism. [read post]
12 Jun 2012, 4:56 pm
The story opens:More than 20 years after Texas limited the responsibilities of the state Board of Pardons and Paroles to approving or denying cases not supervising parole officers or parolees a new state report is sparking debate about whether to expand the agency's duties again.Such a change, if approved, would be the biggest shift in Texas' corrections system in decades — and the idea has sparked a turf war between the … [read post]
12 Sep 2011, 10:43 am
Buck’s lawyers with the Texas Defender Service have filed a clemency petition with the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and have asked Gov. [read post]
17 Sep 2008, 1:51 pm
Earlier in the day, the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles rejected his clemency petition. [read post]
11 Feb 2011, 9:22 am
You can send a letter to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles at: Rissie Owens, Presiding OfficerTexas Board of Pardons and ParolesP. [read post]
18 Feb 2011, 7:11 am
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]
18 Dec 2014, 8:04 am
Rick Perry rejected two thirds of positive recommendations he received from his appointees on the Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
