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30 Aug 2007, 7:48 am
With the Board of Pardons and Paroles decision on a clemency recommendation still pending, the case is getting an even higher level of national and Texas press attention. [read post]
24 Jan 2012, 12:14 pm
UPDATE - AP reports, "Texas parole board won't block Thursday execution. [read post]
15 Aug 2008, 9:31 am
" The Board of Pardons and Paroles can vote either to recommend or deny clemency for Wood. [read post]
17 Feb 2010, 8:58 am
The Governor May Still Issue a Pardon for Tim Cole Now, The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles may open the way to the elusive pardon, based upon an application filed by the Innocence Project of Texas. [read post]
13 Sep 2010, 9:36 am
And:Wice says if the CCA finds that the Eighth Amendment prevents life-without-parole sentences for juveniles, Meadoux would be eligible, upon request to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, for commutation of his sentence to life.Wice represents Litrey Demond Turner, who originally was sentenced to life without parole for capital murder. [read post]
20 Sep 2011, 10:05 am
The Georgia Board of Parole and Pardons once again denied clemency to Troy Davis despite grave doubts about his guilt. [read post]
21 Nov 2009, 10:49 am
In "An embarrassment to Texas justice," Houston criminal defense lawyer Tom Moran writes about the case of his client Robert Thompson, executed the night before last after Texas Governor Rick Perry refused to commute his sentence despite the recommendation of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, for a capital murder in which he was not the shooter, and in which the shooter was sentenced to life with the possibility of… [read post]
29 Oct 2008, 2:48 am
AP has this report on the execution of Eric Nenno, via the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.It was the 29th execution in America this year; the 1,128th in the country since 1977.My commentary on the failure of the Board of Pardons and Paroles to examine his case -- and the prediction that he would be a future danger to society -- is here. [read post]
10 Jul 2007, 9:53 am
Three key state criminal justice agencies' boards - the Texas Board of Criminal Justice (TBCJ), the Public Safety Commission (DPS) and the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission - will all meet in Austin later this week. [read post]
14 Sep 2011, 5:30 am
The Texas Board of Pardon and Paroles recommended against clemency for Buck, who is due to be executed Thursday. [read post]
18 Nov 2010, 4:57 am
Tell me in the comments if you think they'll come in over or under 55 (as counted by the Board of Pardons and Paroles after the session is complete), and why. [read post]
2 Mar 2010, 8:02 am
Perry received the State Board of Pardons and Paroles' recommendation for a pardon Monday morning, election eve, according to a spokeswoman. [read post]
28 Oct 2008, 2:11 pm
Eric Nenno's only option was executive clemency.The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles is the one body with the authority to recommend a commutation of a death sentence to life in prison. [read post]
26 Jun 2012, 8:09 am
“The Governor’s Office is working with the Attorney General, the Board of Pardons and Paroles, prosecutors and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to determine how many individuals may be affected by this ruling and what the appropriate steps will be for Texas going forward,” Josh Havens, a spokesman for the governor’s office, said in a statement. [read post]
6 Sep 2007, 12:38 pm
LINKGod bless the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and Gov. [read post]
8 Aug 2007, 4:01 am
Foster's last recourse is the Board of Pardons and Paroles,and Texas Governor Rick Perry. [read post]
3 Oct 2007, 3:21 am
The Board of Pardons and Parole has long considered its own desires above those of the Texas Legislature and now the US Supreme Court. [read post]
30 Dec 2010, 10:30 am
See related Grits posts:Institutional prosecutorial bias limits federal pardon recommendations from DOJPerry mostly ignores advice of parole board appointees on clemencyChristmastime clemency is a joke, but pardons could be meaningful remedy for 'government overreach' How the Grinch stole clemency: Christmastime pardons trivialize processCasting light on Texas clemency decisionsPublic tired of Willie Horton? [read post]
9 Jan 2016, 2:49 pm
Rick Perry rejected two thirds of positive recommendations he received from his appointees on the Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
12 Nov 2021, 9:05 am
Rick Perry to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles in 2004 and served until 2011. [read post]
