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28 Feb 2012, 2:26 pm
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has rejected a clemency request. [read post]
28 Feb 2012, 6:15 am
SCOTUS chickened out on addressing perhaps the most high-stakes question in constitutional law, which leaves the matter in the hands of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, and thereafter quite literally at the mercy of the Board of Pardons and Paroles and Gov. [read post]
9 Feb 2012, 1:01 pm
But the state's pardon and parole board recommended his death sentence be commuted to life in prison. [read post]
24 Jan 2012, 12:14 pm
UPDATE - AP reports, "Texas parole board won't block Thursday execution. [read post]
18 Dec 2011, 1:12 pm
" Since Perry usually grants pardons to about 3% of those requesting them, but some years granted up to 10%, Grits argued back in October that Perry could use Christmastime clemency to separate himself from the other presidential candidates:In the past, Perry has rejected about 2/3 of clemency recommendations from the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole. [read post]
15 Dec 2011, 3:30 am
The agency ends the year leaderless, with the new board expected to select an executive director in January.Parole board defies courts on 'Condition X': Throughout the year, federal and state judges repeatedly ordered the Board of Pardons and Paroles to cease assigning sex offender conditions ("Condition X") to parolees who were never convicted of a sex crime. [read post]
6 Dec 2011, 8:05 am
The Oklahoma State Pardon and Parole Board voted 3-2 on Monday to deny clemency for Oklahoma death row inmate Gary Roland Welch, 49, who is scheduled to be executed Jan. 5 at 6 p.m. at Oklahoma State Penitentiary. [read post]
31 Oct 2011, 3:07 pm
In 2004, before Texas executed Willingham for the alleged arson murder of his three children, the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole had received a report by a renowned fire scientist named Dr. [read post]
31 Oct 2011, 9:14 am
The Board of Pardons and Paroles had recommended a commutation of his sentence, which was rejected by Governor Perry. [read post]
25 Oct 2011, 7:32 am
I harbor no illusions that Perry will exercise clemency authority as aggressively as suggested in that column, but there's a less radical, more politic version that doesn't seem so out there to me:In the past, Perry has rejected about 2/3 of clemency recommendations from the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole. [read post]
5 Oct 2011, 4:38 pm
In Texas, the only power the governor has is to grant a single 30-day reprieve — and then only if his Pardons Board recommends it. [read post]
4 Oct 2011, 9:15 am
In light of the massive mobilization that so many people helped bring about, the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles did more than seal Troy's fate with their failure to grant clemency. [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]
27 Sep 2011, 10:22 am
The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles should hear from us (fax: 404-651-6670; email: Clemency_Information@pap.state.ga.us) about this case too, because all executions are wrong. [read post]
22 Sep 2011, 8:43 am
In a perfect world, the haunting execution of Troy Davis would spawn vital reforms to the clemency and parole process in states like Georgia and Texas, where such proceedings routinely make a mockery of the idea of reasoned justice. [read post]
21 Sep 2011, 6:21 pm
An email form which appeared on Death Penalty Focus provides a summary:To the Board of Pardons and Paroles and District Attorney Larry Chisolm:I am writing you today to ask you to reconsider the decision to deny clemency for Troy Davis. [read post]
21 Sep 2011, 12:39 pm
Here's an excerpt of his remarks from the conference: Secondly, I have said that if the Pardon and Parole Board recommends to me clemency, and I have granted clemency in some cases, I think "proof beyond a reasonable doubt" with respect to capital cases is too low a standard. [read post]
20 Sep 2011, 6:45 pm
And: More than 630,000 letters pleading for a stay of execution were delivered to the Georgia board last week. [read post]
20 Sep 2011, 2:12 pm
A cornerstone of that process, in Texas and elsewhere, is the Board of Pardons and Paroles, which is designed to act as a safety valve, removed from the emotion of the crime and the courtroom. [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]
