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29 Aug 2007, 12:47 pm
  The governor may grant clemency only upon a positive recommendation of the Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
20 Sep 2011, 8:28 am by Ken
Yesterday the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles refused to commute the death sentence of inmate Troy Davis, who was convicted in the 1989 death of a police officer. [read post]
10 Nov 2009, 9:26 am
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles last week rejected a request from his lawyers that his death sentence be commuted to life in prison. [read post]
11 Jan 2011, 10:55 am by Kent Scheidegger
On Christmas Day, Urnosky's relatives issued a statement in which they "vehemently opposed" Foster's request for clemency, which was turned down Friday by the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
15 Nov 2019, 2:35 pm by Alicia Maule
This news came just hours after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles unanimously recommended a reprieve of Rodney’s execution. [read post]
24 Mar 2010, 3:32 pm by Steve Hall
  Skinner is seeking DNA testing of evidence in his case, which his lawyers say will demonstrate his innocence.Earlier this week the Board of Pardons and Paroles rejected a reprieve for Skinner. [read post]
20 Nov 2019, 2:19 pm by [email protected]
Earlier that day, the Texas Observer reported, the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole—a seven-strong panel of gubernatorial appointees—issued a unanimous recommendation to Governor Greg Abbott that he grant a 120-day stay of Reed’s execution. [read post]
20 Nov 2019, 2:19 pm by [email protected]
Earlier that day, the Texas Observer reported, the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole—a seven-strong panel of gubernatorial appointees—issued a unanimous recommendation to Governor Greg Abbott that he grant a 120-day stay of Reed’s execution. [read post]
Similarly, when Cameron Todd Willingham was executed, the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole and Gov. [read post]
23 Feb 2011, 8:06 am by Steve Hall
Adams’s case presented a unique and powerful opportunity for the Board of Pardons and Paroles and Governor Perry to show mercy. [read post]
20 Nov 2009, 7:26 am by admin
  The Texas Board of Pardons and Parole has only recommended that 3 death sentences be stopped in Perry’s run as governor. [read post]
Rick Perry and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles should stay the remaining pending executions until the legislature enacts measures that provide the same comprehensive regulations for the taking of human life as those provided to animals. [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]
31 Oct 2011, 9:14 am by Steve Hall
  The Board of Pardons and Paroles had recommended a commutation of his sentence, which was rejected by Governor Perry. [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]
20 Jul 2008, 4:24 am
Please contactGovernor Perry and the Texas Board of Pardon and Paroles on behalf of Jeff Wood. [read post]
20 Sep 2011, 10:05 am by Lovechilde
The Georgia Board of Parole and Pardons once again denied clemency to Troy Davis despite grave doubts about his guilt. [read post]
28 Sep 2011, 6:06 pm
" The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles voted 3-2 (does it strike anyone else as barbaric that the clemency board vote doesn't have to be unanimous?) [read post]
16 Sep 2011, 11:24 am by Suzanne Ito, ACLU
" Thank you to everyone who took action and sent a message to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and Gov. [read post]
8 May 2007, 2:47 am
We need to see a lot more of that kind of initiative from the Board of Pardons and Parole. [read post]