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9 Sep 2011, 5:11 pm
The Innocence Project and Innocence Network have weighed in on the questionable eyewitness evidence used to convict Davis, and the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles will consider Davis' bid for clemency on September 19.Attorneys for Gary Bennett, who has spent 27 years in Florida prisons for a murder he insists he didn't commit, say significant evidence in the case was ignored.A three-part series in the News & Observer uncovers a trail of questionable… [read post]
9 Sep 2011, 11:11 am
As Georgia gets set to murder the quite possibly innocent Troy Davis on September 21, the Board of Pardons and Paroles announced that it will hold a second clemency hearing for him on September 19. [read post]
9 Sep 2011, 6:34 am
Take action today: go here to send a message to the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
8 Sep 2011, 2:35 pm
You can help to prevent this injustice: go here to urge Texas Governor Rick Perry and to the board of pardons and parole to intervene before it's too late. [read post]
8 Sep 2011, 12:02 pm
The Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles will hold a clemency hearing for Troy Davis on Monday, September 19, two days before he is scheduled to be executed at 7 pm on September 21. [read post]
8 Sep 2011, 7:27 am
Today, Taylor urged the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, Gov. [read post]
7 Sep 2011, 10:36 am
However, in the state of Georgia, the Board of Pardons & Paroles holds the keys to Troy’s fate. [read post]
7 Sep 2011, 8:59 am
While the federal government is investigating how the state acquired their drug supply, the Georgia Pardons and Parole Board will have the opportunity to decide whether to commute Davis' sentence. [read post]
7 Sep 2011, 8:44 am
He is expected to once again ask the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles to grant him clemency. [read post]
7 Sep 2011, 7:56 am
But Buck, scheduled to be executed Sept. 15 for the July 1995 murders of his ex-girlfriend Debra Gardner and her friend Kenneth Butler, never got a new punishment hearing in what his lawyers contend was an oversight.Now, Buck's Texas Defender Service Lawyers are asking the state Board of Pardons and Paroles to recommend that Gov. [read post]
6 Sep 2011, 5:05 pm
Before Sept. 21, the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles will rule on whether Troy Davis’ sentence should be commuted, or whether the execution should be carried out as scheduled. [read post]
6 Sep 2011, 7:36 am
"This case represents an obvious injustice that must be remedied by prosecutors, the courts or by Governor Perry and the Board of Pardons and Paroles," said attorney Kate Black. [read post]
2 Sep 2011, 9:04 am
The state constitution prohibits the governor from calling a moratorium on executions and allows clemency only when the Board of Pardons and Paroles recommends it, which is rarely. [read post]
1 Sep 2011, 9:49 am
The remaining 7 years would be served with the opportunity for the board of pardons and parole to consider whether to release the inmate on terms and conditions of parole. [read post]
1 Sep 2011, 7:32 am
On Wednesday, Buck's lawyers petitioned the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and Gov. [read post]
31 Aug 2011, 1:35 pm
" Today, attorneys for Duane Edward Buck filed a clemency petition with the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles urging the Board and Governor Perry to intervene and halt the execution of Mr. [read post]
25 Aug 2011, 8:53 am
The state Board of Pardons and Paroles grilled federal immigration officials at an Austin meeting to make sure the foreign citizens they want to deport — most probably back to Mexico — will actually be sent to their home countries, not turned loose in Texas. [read post]
25 Aug 2011, 4:56 am
After being assured by the feds that paroled inmates with deportation orders would actually be sent to their home countries and not end up supervised on parole, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles may soon begin paroling immigrants in Texas prisons with deportation orders - both legal and illegal, violent and nonviolent - to free up prison bed space under a new law passed this year. [read post]
23 Aug 2011, 9:07 am
Local prosecutors make the decision to seek the death penalty, and clemency is only allowed if the Board of Pardons and Paroles recommends it. [read post]
31 Jul 2011, 5:34 am
" The latter sentiment may be technically true, but for example, after this legislative session Texas now has more than 3,000 felonies on the books (the Board of Pardons and Paroles will issue the exact count later this year). [read post]
