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3 Jun 2010, 8:04 am by Brian Evans
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has a chance to recommend clemency in David Powell’s case, and assert on behalf of the people of Texas that, yes, sometimes people can change. [read post]
2 Jun 2010, 6:32 am
For years, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles policy has allowed correction officials to classify some parolees as sex offenders although they have never been convicted of a sex crime. [read post]
27 May 2010, 8:06 am by Steve Hall
Texas and federal courts have ruled in the DA's favor.The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles unanimously recommended against clemency for Skinner, and Gov. [read post]
23 May 2010, 2:15 pm by ZMan!
The state Board of Pardons and Paroles still can award early release to most inmates not convicted of one of the Seven Deadly Sins. [read post]
21 May 2010, 3:00 pm by ZMan!
At that time the Board of Pardon's and Paroles listed _____ as a sex offender, a condition that was rescinded in 2005. _____ was not allowed to see the evidence against him or have a hearing before the board. [read post]
20 May 2010, 7:47 am by Steve Hall
Nevertheless, Powell was again sentenced to die and has since exhausted all of his appeals.Unless Lehmberg should decide to withdraw the execution request or the Board of Pardons and Paroles recommends clemency to Gov. [read post]
19 May 2010, 7:40 pm by Jeff Gamso
Back in March the Pardon and Parole Board recommended clemency for Smith. [read post]
19 May 2010, 8:05 am by Steve Hall
The Utah Board of Pardons and Parole can decide to hold a hearing to listen further to Gardner's arguments for commutation or reject his petition on the merits. [read post]
30 Apr 2010, 3:47 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Dora Olivo; Brendolyn Rogers Johnson, a former member of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles; and James P. [read post]
12 Apr 2010, 11:54 am
Owens, No. 09-50047 In an action claiming that officials from the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice committed procedural due process violations after the Board of Pardons and Paroles imposed sex offender special conditions on plaintiff's parole, summary judgment for plaintiff is reversed where, because plaintiff was indeed a sex offender, he failed to show that he had a… [read post]
2 Apr 2010, 8:40 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Dallas sent 7,383 people to prison and saw 7,432 return.Overall, though, the trend is headed in the opposite direction after a 2008 dip in inmate numbers; TDCJ received 520 more prisoners in FY 2009 than it released.Keeping prisons full is for the most part a choice by the Board of Pardons and Paroles: 64% of inmates in TDCJ's institutional division are eligible for parole - more than 88,000 people.TDCJ inmates released in 2009 (excluding those in state jail,… [read post]
1 Apr 2010, 8:07 am by Steve Hall
Perry's office was inundated with letters from people asking him to grant a 30-day reprieve (the only power he has, absent a recommendation from the Board of Pardons and Paroles to commute or block the execution, which the board declined to make in Skinner's case), and his official Facebook page was overrun with messages imploring him to do the same. [read post]
24 Mar 2010, 4:41 pm by Jeralyn
The Texas Board of Pardons and Parole has denied Skinner's request for DNA testing that is now available but wasn't at the time of his trial. [read post]
24 Mar 2010, 3:32 pm by Steve Hall
  Skinner is seeking DNA testing of evidence in his case, which his lawyers say will demonstrate his innocence.Earlier this week the Board of Pardons and Paroles rejected a reprieve for Skinner. [read post]
24 Mar 2010, 11:39 am by Steve Hall
If the high court denies Skinner's request to review the case, the decision falls to Perry, according to David Protess, a Northwestern University professor and director of the university's Medill Innocence Project, which has investigated Skinner's case.On Monday, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended Perry reject a reprieve for Skinner on a unanimous vote and also voted against granting Skinner's request for a commutation of… [read post]
24 Mar 2010, 7:57 am by Steve Hall
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles yesterday denied Skinner's application for a reprieve. [read post]
24 Mar 2010, 4:24 am
Skinner asked the Texas Board of Pardon and Paroles, but they said "no. [read post]