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19 Jan 2012, 8:00 am by Steve Hall
Huntsville lawyer Bill Habern made his unusual request in a three-page letter to Rissie Owens, chairwoman of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
31 Mar 2012, 12:34 am
3-31-2-12 Arkansas: Little Rock - The State Parole Board is looking into banning all sex offenders from the internet while they're on probation. [read post]
9 Jul 2009, 6:36 pm
On Thursday, he appeared before the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole for his third hearing seeking release. [read post]
1 Apr 2010, 2:23 am by sally
“Large numbers of prisoners who pose no danger to the public are trapped in jail because society has become risk-averse over whether to release them on licence, the chair of the Parole Board for England and Wales said tonight. [read post]
19 Aug 2010, 7:30 am by Gritsforbreakfast
In those instances, particularly when the risk factors for recidivism are minimal, exactly what is the parole board waiting for? [read post]
14 Jun 2011, 2:38 pm by Sam Ritchie, ACLU
On Friday, Louisiana’s H.B. 138, which would give inmates age 60 and older the right to have a hearing before a parole board to determine whether they could be safely released, heads to the Senate floor. [read post]
11 Sep 2012, 7:50 am by Second Circuit Civil Rights Blog
Not only do the plaintiffs fail to allege that the parole officials are taking improper factors in account in denying parole, but all the parole deciders are really doing is heavily emphasizing the violent nature of the inmates' crimes, a legitimate factor under state law.While the parole law requires the parole board to consider a variety of factors in granting or denying parole, they are allowed to overvalue the violent crime at… [read post]
10 Jul 2020, 10:03 am by Nick Armstrong
In this case the “court” in question is the Parole Board. [read post]
30 Jul 2010, 2:35 pm by Christine Dowling
  In the case In re Prather, the court held that the appropriate remedy is a new hearing by the Board of Parole Hearings (the Board) - not, as some appellate courts have held, an order that the Board release the inmate absent new evidence of the inmate's dangerousness emerging after the parole-suitability hearing. [read post]
7 Oct 2011, 3:30 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
New parole rules require due process for sex-offender conditions Court: Parole board can't impose sex-offender conditions without evidentiary hearingJudge Sam Sparks: Parole chief Rissie Owens is "indecisive, insensitive, inattentive, incompetent, stupid, (or) weak-kneed" Federal judge: Parole board may have improperly labeled thousands as 'sex offenders'Federal litigation seeks individualized review of sex-offender cases… [read post]
25 Feb 2020, 1:52 pm by Rebecca Salamacha
Lee Boyd Malvo, who was sentenced to multiple life-without-parole sentences for his involvement in the 2003 DC Sniper murders, asked the US Supreme Court to dismiss his appeal Monday following a newly-passed Virginia law allows parole boards to consider Malvo for early release. [read post]
20 Jun 2012, 1:20 pm by Jeff Gamso
  Which means that the Parole Board wouldn't be considering his case. [read post]
31 Jul 2013, 11:49 am by Jeralyn
Last week the Nevada Board of Parole held a hearing on O.J. [read post]
24 Sep 2007, 3:22 pm
The highlights: The Board of Pardons and Paroles is reviewing the cases of 400 to 600 inmates who were scheduled for release on parole. [read post]
6 Nov 2019, 7:33 am by Pullan & Young
Here’s a basic overview of the process: The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles (BPP) creates its particular risk assessment by relying on two primary groups of personal data: Continue reading [read post]
19 Feb 2018, 9:58 am
"Board denies parole to man who served 50 plus years after killing deputy when he was juvenile": Grace Toohey of The Advocate of Baton Rouge, Louisiana has an article that begins, "The Louisiana parole board on Monday morning denied freedom to 71-year-old Henry Montgomery, whose case was central in a Supreme Court decision about juvenile offenders sentenced to life in prison without parole. [read post]
17 May 2012, 3:06 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Yesterday, Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman had a story on recently rising parole rates ("Parole rates surge to avoid unsupervised released," May 16, based on trends reported on Grits in April. [read post]
18 Oct 2020, 8:55 pm by Douglas A. Berman
  The Board of Pardons and Committee on Parole voted Thursday to release Fair Wayne Bryant, 63, records show. [read post]