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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]
19 Mar 2010, 9:28 am
Supreme Court, a reprieve from the secretive Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles is the last hope for his client, Hank Skinner, to avoid the poison-filled syringe that awaits him on Wednesday.The seven-member board makes life-or-death decisions, recommending to the governor whether an execution should be delayed, called off or carried out. [read post]
24 Mar 2010, 5:45 am
Do I think that's likely after the Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended against it? [read post]
8 Dec 2010, 4:44 am
This morning I took a chart published earlier on Grits that was compiled from annual reports from Texas' Board of Pardons and Paroles, updating and extending it back to 2001 to get a fuller picture of Governor Perry's overall clemency record (including pardons, commutations, etc.) since he ascended from Lt. [read post]
9 Feb 2015, 12:48 pm
But Spencer’s hopes were dashed in April 2011 when the Court of Criminal Appeals rejected the judge’s findings.Spencer’s new plea will go to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, which will make a recommendation to Abbott. [read post]
30 Aug 2007, 3:52 am
Rick Perry said he'll spare Kenneth Foster from hisscheduled execution Thursday night and commute his sentence to life.In doing so, Perry accepts a recommendation from the Texas Board of Pardonsand Paroles, which voted 6-1 today to urge the commutation.Foster had faced execution Thursday night in Huntsville for being thegetaway driver in the 1996 attempted robbery and murder of Michael LaHood inSan Antonio.Perry didn't have to accept the… [read post]
15 Apr 2022, 10:42 am
The District Attorney, the courts, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, and the Governor must undertake a meaningful review of Melissa’s case. [read post]
12 Apr 2022, 11:23 am
Today, Melissa Lucio’s attorneys submitted a supplemental clemency application to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and Governor Abbott. [read post]
11 Apr 2022, 4:48 pm
Greg Abbott and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles last month. [read post]
29 Mar 2007, 10:19 am
UPDATE: More thoughts on the subject from the Socratic Gadfly.Boosting parole rates for reformed prisonersHB 2938 by McReynolds aims its sights directly at Texas' recalcitrant Board of Pardons and Parole, which many in the pink dome blame for Texas' prison overcrowding crisis for not meeting its own guidelines for releasing low-level offenders. [read post]
20 May 2010, 7:47 am
Nevertheless, Powell was again sentenced to die and has since exhausted all of his appeals.Unless Lehmberg should decide to withdraw the execution request or the Board of Pardons and Paroles recommends clemency to Gov. [read post]
8 Apr 2022, 9:52 am
Moody, sent the state’s Board of Pardons and Paroles and Gov. [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]
12 Oct 2009, 11:48 am
Also, call the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles at 512-406-5852 or fax 512-467-0945 and tell them to grant Reginald Blanton clemency. [read post]
17 Apr 2022, 2:10 pm
Melissa’s defense team has now petitioned the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole to recommend clemency in her case. [read post]
17 Jul 2012, 9:41 am
The State Board of Pardons and Paroles on Monday rejected Hill's request for clemency. [read post]
8 Sep 2011, 2:35 pm
You can help to prevent this injustice: go here to urge Texas Governor Rick Perry and to the board of pardons and parole to intervene before it's too late. [read post]
15 Dec 2009, 1:51 pm
Unmoved by Hurst's report, the Board of Pardons and Paroles denied a petition to stay the execution. [read post]
30 Nov 2009, 8:33 am
In 2007, Perry did follow the recommendation from the Board of Pardons and Paroles in commuting the death sentence of Kenneth Foster six hours before Foster was to have been executed. [read post]
20 Dec 2017, 10:08 am
Greg Abbott’s pardon board requesting that Wood’s death sentence be commuted to life imprisonment because “the penalty now appears to be unfair. [read post]
