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1 Jan 2010, 6:59 am
Perry's homeland security advisor Steve McCraw, solidifying the Governor's grip on the historically independent department.Assigning 'Condition X': Federal District Judge Sam Sparks ruled that the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles violated parolees due process rights when it labeled them sex offenders without due process, even when the offense for which they were convicted was not a sex crime. [read post]
23 Dec 2009, 5:50 am
In 2007 and 2009 the Texas Lege invested significantly in treatment programs in and out of prison (to avoid even more expensive new prison building), and now that those resources are available the parole board has been releasing those sorts of petty offenders at higher rates.I was citing those stats from memory, but looking at the Board of Pardons and Paroles' annual report (pdf), I was pretty close. [read post]
15 Dec 2009, 1:51 pm
Unmoved by Hurst's report, the Board of Pardons and Paroles denied a petition to stay the execution. [read post]
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]
3 Dec 2009, 6:12 pm
That reprieve was lifted in October, and this week, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles voted unanimously to reject a clemency request. [read post]
3 Dec 2009, 9:40 am
That reprieve was lifted in October and this week, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles voted unanimously to reject a clemency request. [read post]
2 Dec 2009, 9:58 am
According to the "Offense Severity List" from the Board of Pardons and Parole, as a result of new laws passed by the 81st legislature, Texas now has 2,383 separate felonies on the books - an increase of 59 compared to the 2,324 they counted in 2007. [read post]
2 Dec 2009, 9:08 am
Yesterday afternoon, the Board of Pardons and Paroles rejected clemency in his case. [read post]
2 Dec 2009, 8:50 am
Attorneys for Woods have asked the Board of Pardons and Paroles for a stay of execution or clemency. [read post]
1 Dec 2009, 12:23 pm
Accusing Alley of failing to fully and properly plead the inmate’s mental disability case in state and federal appeals, Levin is asking the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to recommend a 60-day reprieve so members can judge for themselves whether Woods is mentally competent for execution. [read post]
30 Nov 2009, 8:33 am
" And: On a 5-2 vote on Nov. 18, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles made a rare recommendation that the governor commute Thompson’s sentence to life in prison. [read post]
25 Nov 2009, 11:39 am
Unable to raise a mental retardation claim with the courts at this late stage, Woods’ new attorney, Maurie Levin, must rely on the good graces of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, and Governor Rick Perry, to commute his sentence, or at least to grant a 60 day reprieve to allow Levin more time “to adequately present a full picture of his limitations. [read post]
25 Nov 2009, 9:27 am
But after years of being represented by a discredited attorney who ruined any chance for an appeal based on his disabilities, the fate of Bobby Wayne Woods rests with the state Board of Pardons and Paroles which can recommend clemency or a reprieve to Gov. [read post]
24 Nov 2009, 10:43 pm
The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles oversees 365 sex offenders who have been released early and are serving the balance of their sentences on parole. [read post]
24 Nov 2009, 10:15 am
"If it was just a matter of getting a request and rubber-stamping what the parole board said, it would be done rather rapidly. [read post]
23 Nov 2009, 8:23 am
Rick Perry announced he was rejecting the Board of Pardons and Paroles recommendation to commute the sentence. [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… [read post]
20 Nov 2009, 9:25 am
Following Rick Perry's rejection of clemency for Robert Thompson, recommended by the Board of Pardons and Paroles, Texas conducted its 23nd execution of 2009, last night in Huntsville. [read post]
20 Nov 2009, 7:26 am
The Texas Board of Pardons and Parole has only recommended that 3 death sentences be stopped in Perry’s run as governor. [read post]
19 Nov 2009, 3:39 pm
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles voted yesterday, 5-2, to recommend a commutation to the governor.Governor Perry's statement is here. [read post]
