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30 Sep 2010, 11:15 am
Before the execution, a prominent arson scientist notified the Board of Pardon and Parole and the Governor that the critical evidence in the case -- the testimony of the fire investigator - was incorrect and based on bad science. [read post]
30 Sep 2010, 7:59 am
As a result, the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole released Cacy after she had served six years of a 99-year prison sentence. [read post]
28 Sep 2010, 6:09 am
Today, I am directing the TDCJ Parole Division to work with the Board of Pardons and Paroles to expand the use of their monitoring systems that can immediately identify when a paroled sex offender is somewhere they’re not supposed to be say, within a certain distance of a school or a specific individual. [read post]
20 Sep 2010, 1:22 pm
Rick Perry and the Board of Pardons and Paroles four days before Willingham was executed. [read post]
16 Sep 2010, 9:03 am
They wrote: "It appears that you are not interested in looking at the 'big picture' component of this complaint: Did the State Fire Marshal commit professional negligence or misconduct if it failed to inform the courts, prosecutors, the Board of Pardons and Parole, and the Governor that flawed arson science may have been used to convict hundreds or thousands of defendants? [read post]
13 Sep 2010, 9:36 am
And:Wice says if the CCA finds that the Eighth Amendment prevents life-without-parole sentences for juveniles, Meadoux would be eligible, upon request to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, for commutation of his sentence to life.Wice represents Litrey Demond Turner, who originally was sentenced to life without parole for capital murder. [read post]
17 Aug 2010, 8:13 am
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board denied Matthews' request for clemency May 26. [read post]
6 Aug 2010, 11:25 pm
He did not ask the Parole Board to recommend clemency, and they did not. [read post]
29 Jul 2010, 8:17 am
Prior to Todd Willingham's execution , Reaves brought to the Board of Pardons and Paroles and Governor Rick Perry's attention the faulty arson science used in Willingham's trial.What struck me about the memo is the power DPS has to both decide what is a forensic discipline, and who gets accredited. [read post]
27 Jul 2010, 10:15 am
Texas state Senator Rodney Ellis suggested to CNN the broader questions the Commission did not ask: When did the State Fire Marshal start using modern arson science and did the State Fire Marshal commit professional negligence or misconduct when it failed to inform the courts, prosecutors, the Board of Pardons and Parole, and the Governor that flawed arson science had been used to convict hundreds of defendants? [read post]
24 Jul 2010, 12:56 pm
"It was painfully apparent that many FSC members believe that flawed science was used in the Willingham conviction, but the FSC does not seem interested in looking at the bigger picture: When did the State Fire Marshal start using modern arson science and did the State Fire Marshal commit professional negligence or misconduct when it failed to inform the courts, prosecutors, the Board of Pardons and Parole, and the Governor that flawed arson science had been used to… [read post]
24 Jul 2010, 10:16 am
CNN posts, "Texas state board says arson investigators used flawed science. [read post]
20 Jul 2010, 6:08 pm
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals rejected an appeal Monday, and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles turned down a clemency request. [read post]
16 Jul 2010, 12:00 am
His first parole hearing was held in June 2002, after which the Idaho Commission of Pardons and Parole ("Commission") denied Watkins parole and "passed" him to his full-term release date of November —. [read post]
14 Jul 2010, 2:55 pm
We sent the survey to a diverse group of recipients, including TCJC's internal list of criminal justice practitioners, members of the Texas Reentry Task Force, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, staff members of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) and its Community Justice Assistance Division, the Texas Association of Counties, the Urban County Association, participating providers of 2-1-1, and many other critical… [read post]
29 Jun 2010, 6:36 pm
I witnessed the execution of an innocent man, who was a juvenile when he was sentenced to death in Texas, Gary Graham. [read post]
17 Jun 2010, 8:19 am
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles voted against clemency, unanimously rejecting Powell’s powerful case of rehabilitation and change. [read post]
14 Jun 2010, 8:43 am
With the firing squad execution of Ronnie Lee Gardner, the death penalty is getting a great deal of attention in Utah.Earlier this morning, Jennifer Dobner posted, "Clemency decision expected from UT parole board," for AP, via Google News.A Utah parole board will decide Monday whether to grant clemency to a condemned Utah inmate scheduled to be executed by firing squad.The last time Utah granted clemency to a condemned man was in 1962.Convicted killer… [read post]
10 Jun 2010, 7:51 am
After spending 32 years on death row, he has exhausted all his conventional judicial appeals and must rely on a potential clemency recommendation to the governor from the Board of Pardons and Paroles – seven people appointed by Gov. [read post]
7 Jun 2010, 8:00 am
""Powell is someone who contributes much more to life than his execution would contribute to the symbolic goal of retribution 32 years after the murder of Ralph Ablanedo," Burr wrote to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles in hopes of getting Powell's sentence reduced to life in prison.Earlier coverage of the case begins with this post. [read post]
