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3 Jun 2010, 8:04 am
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has a chance to recommend clemency in David Powell’s case, and assert on behalf of the people of Texas that, yes, sometimes people can change. [read post]
2 Apr 2010, 8:40 am
Dallas sent 7,383 people to prison and saw 7,432 return.Overall, though, the trend is headed in the opposite direction after a 2008 dip in inmate numbers; TDCJ received 520 more prisoners in FY 2009 than it released.Keeping prisons full is for the most part a choice by the Board of Pardons and Paroles: 64% of inmates in TDCJ's institutional division are eligible for parole - more than 88,000 people.TDCJ inmates released in 2009 (excluding those in state jail,… [read post]
15 Nov 2019, 2:35 pm
This news came just hours after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles unanimously recommended a reprieve of Rodney’s execution. [read post]
20 Nov 2019, 2:19 pm
Earlier that day, the Texas Observer reported, the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole—a seven-strong panel of gubernatorial appointees—issued a unanimous recommendation to Governor Greg Abbott that he grant a 120-day stay of Reed’s execution. [read post]
20 Nov 2019, 2:19 pm
Earlier that day, the Texas Observer reported, the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole—a seven-strong panel of gubernatorial appointees—issued a unanimous recommendation to Governor Greg Abbott that he grant a 120-day stay of Reed’s execution. [read post]
4 Apr 2011, 2:57 pm
The Texas Board of Pardons and Parole and Texas Governor Rick Perry should stay all pending executions, including tomorrow’s scheduled execution of Cleve Foster, until the Texas legislature enacts measures that provide, at a minimum, the same protections to human beings condemned to die as those provided to a lizard. [read post]
11 Jan 2011, 10:55 am
On Christmas Day, Urnosky's relatives issued a statement in which they "vehemently opposed" Foster's request for clemency, which was turned down Friday by the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
11 Feb 2011, 2:38 pm
So governors appoint pardons boards and meet with legal counselors, who take the political heat for controversial cases. [read post]
1 Aug 2007, 8:04 am
JOIN THE FIGHT Contact the governor's office or the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to object to the execution of Kenneth Foster Jr. [read post]
30 Aug 2007, 3:47 am
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended todaythat Gov. [read post]
5 Nov 2021, 11:37 am
The Texas Board of Pardons and Parole—a seven-strong panel of gubernatorial appointees—issued a unanimous recommendation to Governor Greg Abbott that he grant a 120-day stay of Reed’s execution. [read post]
5 Nov 2021, 11:37 am
The Texas Board of Pardons and Parole—a seven-strong panel of gubernatorial appointees—issued a unanimous recommendation to Governor Greg Abbott that he grant a 120-day stay of Reed’s execution. [read post]
8 Jun 2011, 10:06 am
"He never stood a chance," said Northwestern University School of Law professor Sandra Babcock, Leal's current attorney and author of the petition sent to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles Tuesday. [read post]
8 Dec 2010, 1:45 pm
Similarly, when Cameron Todd Willingham was executed, the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole and Gov. [read post]
25 Nov 2009, 11:39 am
Unable to raise a mental retardation claim with the courts at this late stage, Woods’ new attorney, Maurie Levin, must rely on the good graces of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, and Governor Rick Perry, to commute his sentence, or at least to grant a 60 day reprieve to allow Levin more time “to adequately present a full picture of his limitations. [read post]
25 Jun 2012, 2:10 pm
“The Governor’s Office is working with the Attorney General, the Board of Pardons and Paroles, prosecutors and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to determine how many individuals may be affected by this ruling and what the appropriate steps will be for Texas going forward,” Josh Havens, a spokesman for the governor’s office, said in a statement.Jason Clark of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said his… [read post]
28 Jan 2009, 4:05 am
While the phrase "is serving a sentence for" could be subject to two interpretations, reading it the way the majority does encourages gamesmanship-delay on the part of the Board of Pardons and Parole. [read post]
14 Aug 2008, 10:43 am
" Wood's appeals have been rejected by Texas and federal courts, and he has appealed to the Texas Board of Pardons and Gov. [read post]
1 Mar 2007, 5:34 am
" Meanwhile Governor Perry appointed Ed Owens, husband of Board of Pardons and Parole Chair Rissie Owens, as the new executive director of TYC. [read post]
1 Aug 2007, 8:51 am
" and have posted a pdf file on their website for folks to print out and send to their loved ones who're doing time.Perhaps the most important item in the supplement for prisoners will be this excellent short primer on how to create a "parole packet" to submit to the Board of Pardons and Parole in support of an inmate's petition for release. [read post]
