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18 Jan 2012, 7:56 am by Steve Hall
Related posts are in the Texas Board of Pardons & Paroles index. [read post]
15 Jun 2011, 11:23 am by Lovechilde
 Please sign this petition to Urge the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and Gov. [read post]
1 Jan 2010, 6:59 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Perry's homeland security advisor Steve McCraw, solidifying the Governor's grip on the historically independent department.Assigning 'Condition X': Federal District Judge Sam Sparks ruled that the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles violated parolees due process rights when it labeled them sex offenders without due process, even when the offense for which they were convicted was not a sex crime. [read post]
17 Feb 2011, 7:51 am by Steve Hall
  You can send a letter to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles at: Rissie Owens, Presiding OfficerTexas Board of Pardons and ParolesP. [read post]
8 Jan 2017, 10:47 am by Gritsforbreakfast
"In 2006, the Board of Pardons and Paroles revoked over ten thousand offenders. [read post]
30 Jul 2023, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
”Edwards’s statement was a significant development in the ongoing struggle to end the death penalty in this country even though, unlike Texas, Oklahoma, or other states in the region, Louisiana has not executed anyone in more than a decade.His words prompted 51 of the 57 people on his state’s death row to act in unison and file clemency petitions with the Board of Pardons and Committee on Paroles on June 13. [read post]
23 Dec 2015, 5:13 am by Gritsforbreakfast
For instance, Virginia in 2012 granted geriatric release to less than 1 percent of about 800 prisoners eligible, according to the state parole board. [read post]
11 Feb 2011, 12:05 pm by Brian Evans
” The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles can recommend that Texas Governor Rick Perry grant clemency in this case, and commute Timothy Adams’ death sentence to life without parole. [read post]
14 Nov 2011, 11:44 am by AskPat
Information on the implementation of the new law can be found on the Texas Board of Pardon and Paroles web page. [read post]
21 Aug 2008, 4:37 pm
" The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recently voted 7 to 0 against clemency. [read post]
17 Oct 2013, 3:05 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Texas' longest-serving inmate - paroled after 64 years at age 85 - wants the courts to revisit his case, claiming the jury was "rigged. [read post]
3 Mar 2011, 5:31 am by Gritsforbreakfast
There are seven risk categories to which potential parolees are assigned, and it's the lowest risk parolees who are being released at below-guideline rates, i.e., the lowest-risk offenders are the ones the parole board is holding onto longer than the guidelines suggest, a situation that's been happening as long as I've paid attention to the Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
31 Aug 2011, 1:35 pm by Steve Hall
" Today, attorneys for Duane Edward Buck filed a clemency petition with the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles urging the Board and Governor Perry to intervene and halt the execution of Mr. [read post]
24 Oct 2012, 12:55 pm
Eight years after Cameron Todd Willingham was wrongfully executed of the arson murder of his three daughters, his surviving relatives filed a petition with the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles seeking a posthumous pardon based on overwhelming evidence of his innocence. [read post]
1 Mar 2010, 8:33 am by Gritsforbreakfast
What's more, the Board of Pardons and Parole hasn't really been using the Mineral Wells facility the way it was intended, so there's no special reason to keep it opened compared to, say, Intermediate Sanctions Facilities on the list.Equally interesting to me is the fact that the Dawson State Jail's contract with Corrections Corporation of America is up for renewal next January. [read post]
23 Mar 2010, 8:19 am by Steve Hall
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles decided against Skinner on Monday, which means a temporary reprieve by the governor may be the last chance to buy time to carry out critical forensic tests. [read post]
5 May 2008, 9:37 am
Julius Trimble of the East Ohio Conference and committee chair presenting the Resolution to the General Conference delegates, also pointed out that in Texas the Governor cannot commute a sentence without the vote of the Board of Pardons and Parole; and the specific event of Governor Perry, after a vote from the Board on commuting the death sentence of a mentally ill inmate, denying that vote and proceeding with the execution.More on the General… [read post]
26 May 2012, 5:24 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The Commission's report - which encompasses the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the Board of Pardons and Paroles, the Windham School District, and the Correctional Managed Health Care Committee - makes various recommendations with which TCJC agrees. [read post]
17 Feb 2011, 8:04 am by Steve Hall
You can send a letter to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles at: Rissie Owens, Presiding OfficerTexas Board of Pardons and ParolesP. [read post]
24 Nov 2009, 10:15 am by Steve Hall
"If it was just a matter of getting a request and rubber-stamping what the parole board said, it would be done rather rapidly. [read post]