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23 Mar 2010, 8:22 pm
In one of the more high profile executions in the last few years, Monday the Board of Pardons and Paroles rejected a 60-day reprieve for Hank Skinner to allow time for DNA testing. [read post]
23 Mar 2010, 1:06 pm
Yesterday, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles rejected Skinner's request for a reprieve while this DNA evidence is tested. [read post]
23 Mar 2010, 9:09 am
It doesn't make for good press.Good enough for the Board of Pardons and Paroles, though, it seems. [read post]
23 Mar 2010, 8:19 am
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles decided against Skinner on Monday, which means a temporary reprieve by the governor may be the last chance to buy time to carry out critical forensic tests. [read post]
23 Mar 2010, 8:07 am
Yesterday afternoon, the Board of Pardons and Paroles rejected a 60-day reprieve for Hank Skinner to allow time for DNA testing. [read post]
19 Mar 2010, 9:28 am
Until there’s a change, for Skinner and others interested in trying to predict how or why the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommends some inmates get clemency and others get the needle, Hall says their best bet “is probably a Ouija board. [read post]
19 Mar 2010, 7:28 am
Rissie Owens, chairwoman of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, and a member of the Huntsville school board, declined an interview for this story and did not answer written questions about calls for reform. [read post]
17 Mar 2010, 12:02 pm
A few minutes later an e-mail shows up in my in-box from the general counsel for the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
17 Mar 2010, 9:29 am
Well, some have been wondering about that — and the Board of Pardons and Paroles and others in the know, report that it all adds up. [read post]
12 Mar 2010, 8:51 am
Additional reprieves or longer reprieves can only be granted upon a positive recommendation by the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
2 Mar 2010, 8:02 am
Perry received the State Board of Pardons and Paroles' recommendation for a pardon Monday morning, election eve, according to a spokeswoman. [read post]
1 Mar 2010, 8:33 am
What's more, the Board of Pardons and Parole hasn't really been using the Mineral Wells facility the way it was intended, so there's no special reason to keep it opened compared to, say, Intermediate Sanctions Facilities on the list.Equally interesting to me is the fact that the Dawson State Jail's contract with Corrections Corporation of America is up for renewal next January. [read post]
1 Mar 2010, 4:35 am
The Texas Board of Pardons and Parole has recommended a pardon for Timothy Cole, who died in prison of an asthma attack before DNA could prove he was innocent of the rape for which he was falsely convicted. [read post]
17 Feb 2010, 8:58 am
The Governor May Still Issue a Pardon for Tim Cole Now, The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles may open the way to the elusive pardon, based upon an application filed by the Innocence Project of Texas. [read post]
16 Feb 2010, 4:12 pm
Hank Skinner’s fate lies in the hands of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, Gov. [read post]
16 Feb 2010, 12:20 pm
The Statesman has more.AND MORE: Here are the proposed cuts (pdf) suggested at the Juvenile Probation Commission.NUTHER UPDATE: I'll have a more complete analysis later, but here are the TDCJ budget items that stood out upon initial perusal of their proposed reductions (most of which they've suggested be waived):Firing 2,037 security staffSlash operational funds for food and fuel, assuming non constat that market prices won't fluctuateSlashing $42 million from mental health careReduce… [read post]
12 Jan 2010, 7:15 am
The article notes that the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has rejected Johnson's clemency petition. [read post]
10 Jan 2010, 7:11 am
Since becoming President, Barack Obama has issued more pardons to Thanksgiving turkeys than to ex-offenders.As Texas Governor, Rick Perry has not completely sidelined his pardon power, but he has used it quite sparingly and refused to offer clemency to the majority of offenders for whom the Board of Pardons and Parole recommended it during his tenure. [read post]
7 Jan 2010, 10:02 am
We believe a court would likely conclude that the Board of Pardons and Paroles is authorized to recommend that the Governor grant a posthumous pardon. [read post]
7 Jan 2010, 8:38 am
"All this clears the way for Governor Perry to ask the Board of Pardons and Parole for a pardon recommendation for Timothy Cole, who was falsely convicted of rape and died in prison before DNA cleared his name last year. [read post]
