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18 Sep 2007, 3:01 am
Reported the Statesman's Mike Ward this morning ("Some youth commission inmates approved for parole," Sept. 18):State Board of Pardons and Paroles Chairwoman Rissie Owens confirmed Monday that a special parole review panel approved the conditions of release for a group of at least nine 19- and 20-year-old offenders. [read post]
30 Aug 2007, 7:48 am
McClendon and Villareal are asking that Perry and the board of pardons and paroles to commute his sentence and give him life in prison without parole. [read post]
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]
19 Feb 2009, 3:56 pm
Pardon Attorney under Presidents George H.W. [read post]
20 Jul 2007, 6:54 pm
First, EyeID reports that The Pope sent a letter in support of Troy Davis to the Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
6 Sep 2007, 12:38 pm
  LINKGod bless the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and Gov. [read post]
30 May 2012, 5:45 pm by ebcarpenter
A proposal to merge the Pardon Board with the Parole Board was endorsed by the state Sentencing Commission and is on the verge of passing the Legislature. [read post]
22 May 2012, 1:11 am by SO Issues
" Rissie Owens, chairwoman of the state Board of Pardons and Paroles, and other parole officials were not available to comment Monday. [read post]
4 Dec 2007, 10:17 pm
But I'm sure many such prisoners would prefer to stay in the United States under parole instead of be deported.The range of sources in the Chronicle article were extremely narrow: Kahan, the victim's family, and Board of Pardons and Parole Chair Rissie Owens. [read post]
Rick Perry and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to halt Stroman’s execution and commute his sentence to life imprisonment without parole. [read post]
10 Jun 2019, 2:11 pm by Charlie Dunlap
Robert Bales’s court-martial conviction and sentence to life in prison without parole for killing 16 Afghans has perceptibly advanced Afghans’ opinion of the U.S. as a rule-of-law nation? [read post]
21 Nov 2009, 10:49 am
In "An embarrassment to Texas justice," Houston criminal defense lawyer Tom Moran writes about the case of his client Robert Thompson, executed the night before last after Texas Governor Rick Perry refused to commute his sentence despite the recommendation of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, for a capital murder in which he was not the shooter, and in which the shooter was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole. [read post]
12 Sep 2011, 4:49 pm by Salt Lake Criminal Defense
Jewell Hendricks was given a 15-years-to-life prison sentence last week for first-degree murder, with the prosecution stating that in exchange for her guilty plea, they will write a letter to the state Board of Pardons and Parole asking that Hendricks serve 15 years. [read post]
21 Aug 2012, 9:23 am by CJLF Staff
TX Inmate Set For Execution: The Associated Press reports that John Balentine's clemency petition was rejected 7-0 by the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole Monday, following the denial of his appeal Friday by a 3-judge-panel of the 5th U.S. [read post]
17 Feb 2010, 8:58 am by Michael Lowe
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]
21 May 2010, 1:57 pm by Brian Evans
The Utah Board of Pardon and Parole  has agreed to hold a two-day hearing for Ronnie Lee Gardner, to determine if should receive clemency. [read post]
19 Jul 2007, 3:22 am
On this list, the Board of Pardons and Parole has identified 2,324 separate acts which the state Legislature has declared felonies! [read post]
9 Feb 2015, 12:48 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
But Spencer’s hopes were dashed in April 2011 when the Court of Criminal Appeals rejected the judge’s findings.Spencer’s new plea will go to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, which will make a recommendation to Abbott. [read post]
14 Jun 2010, 12:00 pm by Terry Lenamon
Today, the Board of Pardons and Parole for the State of Utah denied Ronnie Lee Gardner’s Commutation Petition (opinion here). [read post]
10 Jul 2007, 9:53 am
And here's the agenda for the Juvenile Probation Commission meeting on Friday (July 13).TBCJ's meeting on Thursday will be dominated by committee meetings, while much of their Friday session will be taken up with presentations from division heads like Rissie Owens from the Board of Pardons and Parole and Brad Livingston from TDCJ.The Juvenile Probation Commission will discuss a number of topics that were left unresolved by the 80th Texas Legislature, in… [read post]