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8 Dec 2009, 2:30 am
After every biennial legislative session, the Board of Pardons and Parole must identify all new felonies created by the Texas Legislature and assign each offense a "severity" level for purposes of inmate classification and to guide future release decisions. [read post]
19 Aug 2009, 11:12 pm
And there's the rub: The current Board of Pardons and Parole has typically failed to follow its own release guidelines and doesn't systematically reward inmates who participate in programming while incarcerated.According to parole attorney Bill Habern, accrued good time in Texas only benefits non-3(g) offenders (those are people who committed more serious violent crimes), and then its chief function is to expedite an inmate's first consideration by… [read post]
25 Jul 2007, 4:31 pm
Bob Farr, Chairman of the Board of Pardons and Paroles said: “Both offenders were deemed to be appropriate candidates for supervised parole based on their criminal history, which involved the minimum level of violence. [read post]
17 Jun 2009, 9:36 am
The state pardons board had recommended the action by a 4-1 vote. [read post]
17 Feb 2012, 10:39 am by CJLF Staff
A change is being sought in the state to limit gubernatorial pardon power to require that governors follow Parole Board recommendations. [read post]
6 Jan 2008, 5:02 am
"Routine parole decisions should be the sole responsibility of the Pardon and Parole Board," the report says. [read post]
24 Jan 2012, 12:14 pm by Steve Hall
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has rejected a clemency petition that sought to keep convicted murderer Rodrigo Hernandez from the death chamber later this week in Huntsville. [read post]
13 Sep 2010, 9:36 am by Steve Hall
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]
A majority of Boston residents support a life sentence for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, if he were convicted in the Boston marathon bombing. 3… The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles posthumously pardoned three of the nine Scottsboro Boys, the only ones who had not already been pardoned or had the charges against them dropped. [read post]
29 Aug 2007, 6:03 am
The state's Board of Pardons and Paroles also can halt the execution. [read post]
5 Sep 2007, 3:48 pm
The following speakers are confirmed: Robert Farr, Chairman of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
18 Jan 2012, 7:56 am by Steve Hall
Related posts are in the Texas Board of Pardons & Paroles index. [read post]
17 Jan 2012, 9:47 am by Steve Hall
This was a condition recommended by the Pardons Board. [read post]
27 Jan 2023, 6:50 am by Lucie Gulino
First, an individual must submit a petition to the Massachusetts Parole Board, who sits as the Advisory Board of Pardons (“the Board”). [read post]
15 Nov 2007, 5:06 am
Participation by inmates is voluntary and carries a lot of weight with the Board of Pardons and Parole when it sets parole dates for inmates.The report says the overall return rate for sex-offender treatment completers in Utah is less than half of the overall return rate for non-completers.On the other hand, the report says, the last infusion of new money into the program dates to 1996. [read post]
19 Sep 2011, 10:22 am by Steve Hall
On Monday, the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles will give Mr. [read post]
9 Sep 2010, 11:40 am by Steve Hall
After the Clemency and Pardons Board split 2-2 on whether to recommend commutation, she said she reviewed the case and “found no basis to reverse his conviction or change the death sentence imposed by the jury. [read post]
18 Jan 2015, 7:11 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The Texas House Corrections Committee this week put out its interim report (pdf) covering the following topics:Oversight of TDCJ, the Board of Pardons and Paroles, and TJJDReview of mental health services in the justice systemEvaluate 'pay for performance' model for privatizing juvenile justiceSchool discipline and the criminal justice systemThere's a decent overview of operations of monitored agencies, including a good discussion of administrative… [read post]