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4 Dec 2013, 4:15 am by Gritsforbreakfast
“Those decisions come down to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
The Alabama Board of Pardons and Parole's posthumous pardon today of the last of the black men wrongly convicted of the rape of two white women 82 years ago in Scottsboro, Alabama seems to write the final chapter of a sorry story that epitomizes the racial injustice and procedural unfairness that dominated the criminal justice system in the United States in the beginning of the last century. [read post]
17 Oct 2013, 3:05 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
In the meantime, nobody ever seems to want to talk about the scores of other worthy pardon applicants who're routinely rejected - even after favorable recommendations from the Board of Pardons and Paroles - and almost never garner media attention.Journalist seeks first-hand jail experienceA San Antonio Express News reporter spent the night in the Bexar county jail to give readers an idea of the experience. [read post]
26 Sep 2013, 10:32 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Rick Perry has granted about one out of every 33 clemency requests received by the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles since he took office in 2001. [read post]
15 Sep 2013, 9:00 pm by Rodger Citron
  In 1986, the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles pardoned Frank “in recognition of the State’s failure to protect [his] person” but nevertheless did not attempt “to address the question of guilt or innocence. [read post]
16 Aug 2013, 8:41 am by Gritsforbreakfast
If they hadn't, the opposition might have a better chance of influencing the process.News flash: Parole board must follow lawsThis story from ABC's Good Morning America about Texas parole laws is possibly the most ignorant thing I've seen written by a professional reporter in 2013, which is saying something. [read post]
6 Jun 2013, 4:05 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Also, "Board of Pardons and Paroles Chairwoman Rissie Owens’ salary will jump from $126,500 to $172,000," for a 36% increase. [read post]
23 Mar 2013, 2:12 am by Jasmine Joseph
Setting up an agency in the model of the Parole Board of Canada to help the Executive Head in decision making could be considered. [read post]
16 Feb 2013, 3:08 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman this week reported ("Senators propose removing parole duties from prison agency," Feb. 13) that parole board chair Rissie Owens has been "quietly shopping" a proposal to shift control of parole operations from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to the Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
1 Feb 2013, 6:22 am by Gritsforbreakfast
On Thursday at 9 a.m., Senate Finance will consider the budgets of Department of Public Safety, TDCJ, the Board of Pardons and Paroles, the new Juvenile Justice Department, TABC, TCLEOSE, and will discuss a "Special Provision Relating to Public Safety and Criminal Justice Agencies." [read post]
21 Dec 2012, 12:50 pm
There were 1,024 drivers in the program as of Nov. 30, according to the state Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon. [read post]
29 Oct 2012, 10:39 am by Joshua Baron
If she got that sentence, the judge would send Mary Jane to the prison and the Board of Pardons and Parolewould decide when she would get out at a parole hearing.However, Mary Jane is very unlikely to be sentenced to prison. [read post]
27 Oct 2012, 6:39 am by Gritsforbreakfast
(Medication to treat the condition had been left in his hotel room.)As James Woodard's friends and loved ones remember him today, I thought it appropriate to post the text of a letter dated May 22, 2009 to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
24 Oct 2012, 12:55 pm
Eight years after Cameron Todd Willingham was wrongfully executed of the arson murder of his three daughters, his surviving relatives filed a petition with the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles seeking a posthumous pardon based on overwhelming evidence of his innocence. [read post]
24 Oct 2012, 11:45 am by John Fossum
Fossum is an MSBA Board Certified Criminal Law Specialist, a long time member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and can assist you if you have been charged in state court in Minnesota, or in Federal Court. [read post]