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7 Mar 2007, 8:30 am
The Houston Chronicle has reported that the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles yesterday rejected Joseph Nichols' plea for a commutation of his sentence to life in prison. [read post]
17 Jul 2012, 6:00 am by Jamie Reese
[JURIST] The Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles [official website] on Monday rejected [press release] a clemency bid by death row inmate Warren Hill who was convicted of two counts of murder but argues he should not be executed because he is mentally disabled. [read post]
9 Jul 2008, 8:41 pm
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted 4-1 yesterday to grant clemency to Kevin Young, who is scheduled to be executed on July 22nd. [read post]
17 Jul 2008, 3:10 pm
Yesterday, July 16th, was the one-year anniversary of that infamous hearing in front of the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
10 Apr 2007, 1:18 am
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION BEFORE THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND TEXAS BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLES ---------------------- . --------------------- JAMES LEE CLARK DENTON COUNTY CRIMINAL CASE No. [read post]
15 May 2011, 9:41 am by Gritsforbreakfast
For the second time this month, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has told the Department of Criminal Justice and the Board of Pardons and Paroles to begin holding a lot more hearings to provide parolees due process, decisions which come with a high financial price-tag that's accounted for in neither the House nor Senate budgets.Earlier, the CCA ruled that the Board of Pardons and Paroles couldn't apply sex-offender registration… [read post]
17 Sep 2008, 1:51 pm
  Earlier in the day, the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles rejected his clemency petition. [read post]
20 Jul 2007, 8:26 am
Check it out here where Grits tells us the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole has identified 2,324 separate acts which the state Legislature has declared felonies! [read post]
13 Sep 2011, 11:25 am
UPDATE: The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles denied Troy Davis' petition for clemency on September 20. [read post]
30 Aug 2007, 4:13 am
Rick Perry today commuted the death sentence of Kenneth Eugene Foster of San Antonio to life imprisonment after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles (TBPP) recommended such action. [read post]
20 Sep 2011, 10:05 am by Lovechilde
The Georgia Board of Parole and Pardons once again denied clemency to Troy Davis despite grave doubts about his guilt. [read post]
30 Aug 2007, 9:17 am
AP reports:The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles voted today to recommend that Gov. [read post]
16 Jul 2007, 1:13 pm
AP notes: The state Board of Pardons and Paroles has granted a 90-day stay of execution for Troy Davis, who was to be executed tomorrow in the killing of a Savannah police officer in 1989. [read post]
19 Aug 2008, 7:42 pm
The Board of Pardons and Paroles has rejected Jeff Wood's clemency petition. [read post]
30 Aug 2007, 10:34 am
As covered here and here at StandDown Texas Project, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles voted today to recommend that Texas Governor Rick Perry commute Kenneth Foster's death sentence to life, and Governor Perry has now announced he has commuted Foster's death sentence. [read post]
14 Jul 2020, 9:06 am by Keith E. Whittington
It would be possible to require others to sign off on the pardon, whether existing members of the president's Cabinet or a new body like a pardon and parole board. [read post]
30 Dec 2010, 10:30 am by Gritsforbreakfast
See related Grits posts:Institutional prosecutorial bias limits federal pardon recommendations from DOJPerry mostly ignores advice of parole board appointees on clemencyChristmastime clemency is a joke, but pardons could be meaningful remedy for 'government overreach' How the Grinch stole clemency: Christmastime pardons trivialize processCasting light on Texas clemency decisionsPublic tired of Willie Horton? [read post]
11 Jan 2012, 6:20 pm by Jeralyn
"My decision about clemency was based upon the recommendation of the Parole Board in more than 90 percent of the cases. [read post]
16 Mar 2008, 12:28 am
After all, Texas' Board of Pardons and Parole is notoriously "tough. [read post]
12 Sep 2011, 10:43 am by Steve Hall
The prosecutor's letter to the Board of Pardons and Paroles is available in Adobe .pdf format. [read post]