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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]
24 Jun 2019, 11:00 am
Finally, governors should appoint reformers to state parole or release boards, like Ohio Governor DeWine and Oklahoma Governor Stitt. [read post]
7 Apr 2014, 12:16 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Most prisoners did not return questionnaires and many people convicted were sentenced to probation or had already been paroled. [read post]
The Alabama Board of Pardons and Parole's posthumous pardon today of the last of the black men wrongly convicted of the rape of two white women 82 years ago in Scottsboro, Alabama seems to write the final chapter of a sorry story that epitomizes the racial injustice and procedural unfairness that dominated the criminal justice system in the United States in the beginning of the last century. [read post]
Only five people can stop the execution: the members of the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
9 Sep 2011, 11:11 am by Jeff Gamso
As Georgia gets set to murder the quite possibly innocent Troy Davis on September 21, the Board of Pardons and Paroles announced that it will hold a second clemency hearing for him on September 19. [read post]
17 Jan 2012, 10:00 am by Kathleen MacRae, ACLU of Delaware
Two days ago, the Delaware Board of Pardons for the first time in its history recommended that the death sentence be commuted. [read post]
9 Sep 2011, 6:34 am by Rachel Myers, ACLU
Take action today: go here to send a message to the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
8 Feb 2012, 10:24 am by CJLF Staff
"We never had a say in any of this, no victim has ever has ever gotten a say," said Walker.More Murderers Paroled Under Jerry Brown: Jim Sanders of The Sacramento Bee reports an annual report to the Legislature released Tuesday shows California Governor Jerry Brown let stand 331 of 405 decisions to parole convicted killers by the state Board of Parole Hearings last year, which is roughly 82 percent. [read post]
12 Apr 2022, 11:23 am by Alicia Maule
Today, Melissa Lucio’s attorneys submitted a supplemental clemency application to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and Governor Abbott. [read post]
21 Mar 2011, 3:56 pm
Late last week, however, Governor Bob McDonnell asked the state parole board to reconsider Haynesworth's request. [read post]
13 Jul 2012, 7:52 am by Steve Hall
The State Board of Pardons and Paroles will hear Hill's clemency request Friday for a sentence of life in prison without parole. [read post]
1 Aug 2018, 7:45 am
Like Patel’s, Bhuiyan’s pleas were ignored by the Board of Pardons and Paroles and then-Gov. [read post]
1 Jun 2012, 5:26 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Even if she did, though, her actual-innocence claims are strong enough that the Board of Pardons and Paroles and Gov. [read post]
24 Apr 2009, 9:16 am
Henry's term in office, the State Pardon and Parole Board has recommended clemency for five death row inmates, but he has approved only two, commuting the sentences to life in prison without parole," the release stated. [read post]
25 Jun 2012, 2:10 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
All 28 were given life sentences with the possibility of parole in 40 years.After Monday's ruling, the state is still determining what action to take. [read post]
5 Mar 2015, 4:26 am by Jeff Gamso
 So they had a rain snow delay.*  Make up game killing was scheduled for Monday this week.Gissendaner's lawyers took the chance to ask the Board of Pardons and Paroles to reconsider its decision to have her killed. [read post]
17 Sep 2007, 3:45 am
"After carefully considering the facts of this case, along with therecommendations from the Board of Pardons and Paroles, I believe the rightand just decision is to commute Foster's sentence from the death penalty tolife imprisonment," Perry said in a statement. [read post]