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24 Dec 2010, 6:04 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Reading about these institutional dynamics made me consider the position of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles as a de facto, semi-autonomous appendage of the Department of Criminal Justice. [read post]
14 Sep 2016, 11:44 am by Timothy Edgar
 The same privacy board that reviewed PRISM said that the NSA’s bulk collection of American telephone records had “minimal value. [read post]
9 Nov 2009, 1:16 pm
Members of the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole would love to gaze into an inmate's future before releasing him back onto the streets. [read post]
20 Jan 2009, 3:57 pm
Weren’t there supposed to be pardons, at least? [read post]
7 Aug 2007, 7:29 am
She rejected the 11th-hour appeal, ruling that lawyers for Davis had failed to meet the requirements for their request.That ruling, based solely on the pleadings and without a hearing, came late on July 13 - just days before Davis, 38, was scheduled for execution by lethal injection in the MacPhail case.The next Monday, the Board of Pardons and Paroles granted Davis a 90-day stay of execution - until midnight Oct. 14, or until the board issues an order lifting the stay -… [read post]
25 Aug 2008, 2:43 pm
Governor 2007: Crist, Series S 2068) Until 2007, convicted felons in Florida had to apply to the Executive Clemency Board (formerly the State Pardons Board) for restoration of... [read post]
23 Nov 2014, 11:53 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Texas' longest serving governor rejected two-thirds of recommendations for clemency sent to him by the Board of Pardons and Paroles, for the most part allowing the constitutional pardon power to atrophy on his watch. [read post]
23 Sep 2021, 9:00 am by Attorney Ketchel
See the Pennsylvania Board of Pardon website for additional information or download the application packet here. [read post]
17 Jul 2007, 4:58 am
July 17, 2007GeorgiaGeorgia parole board issues 90-day stay of execution for death row inmateBy Kate Randall, World SocialistThe Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles temporarily halted theexecution of Troy Anthony Davis on Monday, issuing a 90-day stay ofexecution less than 24 hours before he was scheduled to die by lethalinjection.Davis, 38, was convicted in 1991 of the 1989 murder of Mark Allen MacPhail,a Savannah, Georgia police officer. [read post]
11 Jul 2008, 6:17 pm
The Nevada Department of Corrections has released its Criteria for the Evaluation of Inmate Applications for Clemency for the October 2008 Meeting on the Board of Pardons. [read post]
17 Jan 2007, 8:13 am
Robert Tharp reports in the Dallas Morning News that waller will be applying for a pardon for innocence from the Board... [read post]
4 Aug 2008, 3:06 pm
Posted on Monday, August 4, 2008Texas parole board won't stop execution of MexicanBy Dave Montgomery | McClatchy NewspapersWASHINGTON â€â [read post]
5 May 2011, 5:50 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Texas' Board of Pardons and Paroles may no longer impose "Special Condition X" - i.e., labeling someone a sex offender and requiring sex-offender treatment, registration, etc.. - when they weren't convicted of a sex-crime and the state has held no evidentiary hearing to determine it's warranted, according to a Court of Criminal Appeals opinion issued yesterday. [read post]
18 Nov 2010, 5:00 am by Kevin
At least two of the three cabinet members must vote with the governor to approve a pardon, and at least one says he is on board. [read post]
19 Feb 2009, 2:06 am
Normally, the Texas Senate rubber stamps the Governor's appointments to the Board of Pardons and Paroles, but one of Rick Perry's three appointees announced last week perhaps deserves closer vetting by the Senate. [read post]
16 Sep 2011, 3:54 pm
The Innocence Project sent a letter today calling on the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles to commute Troy Davis' death sentence to life due to serious questions about his guilt. [read post]
7 Aug 2007, 8:33 am
On July 16, one day before Davis was to be executed by lethal injection, the Board of Pardons and Paroles granted him a 90-day stay of execution. [read post]