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5 Oct 2011, 5:26 am by Gritsforbreakfast
" (More like "olds" - these are longstanding controversies.)What caught my eye, though, were bizarre representations from parole board chair Rissie Owens that simply can't be justified:Rissie Owens, presiding officer of Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, said there long has been a misconception that offenders are entering the Texas prison system young and staying until they are old. [read post]
4 Oct 2011, 9:15 am by Steve Hall
In light of the massive mobilization that so many people helped bring about, the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles did more than seal Troy's fate with their failure to grant clemency. [read post]
28 Sep 2011, 6:06 pm
" The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles voted 3-2 (does it strike anyone else as barbaric that the clemency board vote doesn't have to be unanimous?) [read post]
27 Sep 2011, 10:22 am by Brian Evans
  The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles should hear from us (fax: 404-651-6670;  email: Clemency_Information@pap.state.ga.us) about this case too, because all executions are wrong. [read post]
26 Sep 2011, 9:41 am by Steve Hall
  We urge you to ask the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles to reconsider their decision. [read post]
26 Sep 2011, 3:46 am by Maxwell Kennerly
Arizona Bd. of Pardons & Paroles, 564 P.2d 1227 (1977), but many courts don’t see it that way, particularly not for constitutional claims. [read post]
25 Sep 2011, 3:29 pm by admin
More than 630,000 petitions were sent to the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Parole to try to save Davis’s life. [read post]
25 Sep 2011, 3:52 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The decisions were the latest setback for the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and state corrections officials, who have insisted for years that, to ensure public safety, they could impose the stringent conditions on parolees without a due-process hearing . [read post]
23 Sep 2011, 11:29 am by Jeff Gamso
  Not the Board of Pardons and Paroles in Georgia whose world couldn't change and always understood everything about everything even if their understanding bore no relationship to the truth. [read post]
23 Sep 2011, 10:14 am by The Law Firm of Shein and Brandenburg
Earlier in the week, representatives for Davis asked the State Board of Pardons and Paroles for a reprieve, which was denied. [read post]
22 Sep 2011, 8:43 am by Steve Hall
It's hardly a surprise that prosecutors, courts, and clemency boards favor finality over certainty. [read post]
22 Sep 2011, 8:19 am by Steve Hall
It first asked the state Board of Pardons and Paroles to grant Davis clemency, a request that was denied Tuesday. [read post]
22 Sep 2011, 7:58 am by Tanya Greene, ACLU
Given this information, one of the original trial jurors told the Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole, "I feel, emphatically, that Mr. [read post]
21 Sep 2011, 6:21 pm by Ted Brooks
 An email form which appeared on Death Penalty Focus provides a summary:To the Board of Pardons and Paroles and District Attorney Larry Chisolm:I am writing you today to ask you to reconsider the decision to deny clemency for Troy Davis. [read post]
21 Sep 2011, 1:43 pm by brian
Allen Ault, retired Director of the Georgia Department of Corrections and former Warden of the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison where he oversaw executions for the state, have sent the following letter to Georgia Corrections Officials and Governor Nathan Deal asking them to urge the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles to reconsider the decision they made on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 to deny Troy Davis Clemency despite concerns about his guilt. [read post]
21 Sep 2011, 1:34 pm by Jeralyn
The state's Attorney General has filed a motion in opposition, alleging the defense is engaging in delay tactics.The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles has refused to reconsider its rejection of his clemency bid. [read post]
21 Sep 2011, 12:39 pm by Steve Hall
    Here's an excerpt of his remarks from the conference: Secondly, I have said that if the Pardon and Parole Board recommends to me clemency, and I have granted clemency in some cases, I think "proof beyond a reasonable doubt" with respect to capital cases is too low a standard. [read post]
21 Sep 2011, 11:59 am by Steve Hall
But the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Parole, which on Tuesday denied Mr. [read post]
21 Sep 2011, 10:39 am by Nathan Koppel
Georgia is on course to execute Troy Davis this evening, following yesterday’s decision by the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles to deny clemency. [read post]