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3 Apr 2010, 10:26 am by SOIssues
California's Sex Offender Management Board has recommended the state not implement the federal law, partly because the costs of making the changes would exceed the grant loss. [read post]
3 Apr 2010, 6:01 am
Colo. parole board chairman Michaud to step down - The Denver PostAfter rising from patrol cop to Denver's police chief, David Michaud might have been expected to be a throw-away-the-key type parole board chairman. [read post]
2 Apr 2010, 10:57 am by Steve Hall
More than 41,000 criminals were released from Texas prisons in the 2009 fiscal year, including 805 who served time for homicide, according to a report by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.The report, a portion of which was released by the Legislative Budget Board this month, revealed that 8,699 inmates were discharged from prison after completing their sentence, while the rest were released on parole or community supervision.Angel Ilarraza, re-entry program … [read post]
2 Apr 2010, 9:29 am by Hanna Chung
If parole boards typically release prisoners after about X years, regardless of how high their actual sentences are, one might expect judges to be more concerned about downward errors (which matter) than upward errors (which the parole boards can effectively “veto” anyway). [read post]
2 Apr 2010, 8:40 am by Gritsforbreakfast
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, who… [read post]
1 Apr 2010, 8:07 am by Steve Hall
Perry's office was inundated with letters from people asking him to grant a 30-day reprieve (the only power he has, absent a recommendation from the Board of Pardons and Paroles to commute or block the execution, which the board declined to make in Skinner's case), and his official Facebook page was overrun with messages imploring him to do the same. [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]
1 Apr 2010, 2:04 am by sally
“Large numbers of prisoners are being held behind bars despite posing no threat to society, the chair of the Parole Board for England and Wales said last night. [read post]
31 Mar 2010, 8:13 am by Madelaine Lane
Parole Board, Case No. 140749, for the reason that under MCL § 600.2963, a prisoner pursuing a civil action is liable for filing fees. [read post]
30 Mar 2010, 4:59 am by Gritsforbreakfast
"The last number I heard: Only about 10% of those recommended for medical parole are approved by the parole board. [read post]
29 Mar 2010, 2:49 am
 A9706B Budget -- Enacts into law major components of legislation which are necessary to implement the Public Protection and General Government state fiscal plan for the 2010-2011 state fiscal year No same asSUMM : Amd Various Laws, generally Implements the Public Protection and General Government Budget; relates to the office of victim services; relates to comprehensive emergency management planning and certain fire service related activities; relates to grants and reimbursements to… [read post]
26 Mar 2010, 9:05 am by Brian Evans
   In addition to the Pardon and Parole Board, six of the jurors who originally sentenced Mr. [read post]
24 Mar 2010, 4:41 pm by Jeralyn
The Texas Board of Pardons and Parole has denied Skinner's request for DNA testing that is now available but wasn't at the time of his trial. [read post]
24 Mar 2010, 3:32 pm by Steve Hall
  Skinner is seeking DNA testing of evidence in his case, which his lawyers say will demonstrate his innocence.Earlier this week the Board of Pardons and Paroles rejected a reprieve for Skinner. [read post]
24 Mar 2010, 11:39 am by Steve Hall
If the high court denies Skinner's request to review the case, the decision falls to Perry, according to David Protess, a Northwestern University professor and director of the university's Medill Innocence Project, which has investigated Skinner's case.On Monday, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended Perry reject a reprieve for Skinner on a unanimous vote and also voted against granting Skinner's request for a commutation of his death… [read post]
24 Mar 2010, 7:57 am by Steve Hall
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles yesterday denied Skinner's application for a reprieve. [read post]
24 Mar 2010, 4:24 am
Skinner asked the Texas Board of Pardon and Paroles, but they said "no. [read post]
23 Mar 2010, 8:22 pm by cdw
In one of the more high profile executions in the last few years, Monday the Board of Pardons and Paroles rejected a 60-day reprieve for Hank Skinner to allow time for DNA testing. [read post]