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16 May 2024, 2:05 pm
Travis County, Texas District Attorney Jose Garza issued a statement accusing the governor and parole board of putting “politics over justice” in pardoning Perry. [read post]
31 Aug 2009, 8:08 am
The Austin Statesman's Mike Ward brings word ("Court cases forcing change at parole agency," Aug. 31) of a recent clash between US District Judge Sam Sparks and an attorney from the Board of Pardons and Parole:U.S. [read post]
19 Jan 2012, 8:00 am
Huntsville lawyer Bill Habern made his unusual request in a three-page letter to Rissie Owens, chairwoman of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
13 Sep 2011, 12:39 pm
You can read prosecutor Linda Geffin's letter to the Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
7 Aug 2009, 2:28 am
District Judge Sam Sparks also voiced frustration with state parole officials for ignoring earlier court decisions and a previous directive by him and ordered the state Board of Pardons and Paroles to review whether to leave parolee _____ on sex offender restrictions. [read post]
13 Feb 2012, 7:09 am
Of course, while charges have not officially been filed, the case is already a nightmare for the Mississippi Parole Board and Haley Barbour. [read post]
16 Jul 2007, 8:01 pm
As detailed in official documents here and here, Georgia's Board of Pardons and Paroles responded to a clemency request from the attorneys representing condemned inmate Troy Anthony Davis by voting "to grant a stay not to exceed 90 days. [read post]
25 Aug 2008, 1:40 pm
In Texas, the governor has the authority to grant clemency (a pardon) upon the written recommendation of a majority of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
1 Sep 2008, 1:53 pm
Before beginning the Board of Pardons and Parole recommends the applicant obtain the following documents: (1) offense reports for any arrests; (2) certified court documents for these arrests including complaints, indictments, judgments, orders of dismissals, etc; (3) an official criminal history statement from their local county sheriff; and (4) three current letters of recommendation from persons other than family members who are familiar with the… [read post]
11 Aug 2009, 2:15 pm
District Judge Sam Sparks of Austin raises some serious concerns about the way the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles conducts business.The board apparently has established a policy that allows corrections officials to classify some parolees as sex offenders although they have not been convicted of a sex crime.The finding does not involve a jury or [read post]
17 Jul 2012, 6:00 am
[JURIST] The Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles [official website] on Monday rejected [press release] a clemency bid by death row inmate Warren Hill who was convicted of two counts of murder but argues he should not be executed because he is mentally disabled. [read post]
12 Jun 2012, 4:56 pm
Although parole decisions and cases generally are not public, several examples have surfaced in the past year in which the parole board voted to impose restrictions on convicts as a condition of their release, and then a parole officer later modified or removed that condition without the parole board ever knowing about it.In other cases, restrictions were imposed on parolees by the parole division without the parole… [read post]
12 Sep 2011, 10:43 am
The prosecutor's letter to the Board of Pardons and Paroles is available in Adobe .pdf format. [read post]
22 May 2012, 1:11 am
" Rissie Owens, chairwoman of the state Board of Pardons and Paroles, and other parole officials were not available to comment Monday. [read post]
12 Nov 2008, 6:57 am
Majority voteIt doesn't take much to require the sweeping restrictions of Condition X - just a majority vote of a three-person panel from the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. [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]
18 Jul 2012, 10:44 am
Warren Hill was set to be executed Wednesday in Georgia, but after the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles denied his petition for clemency [JURIST report] Monday, the Georgia Department of Corrections delayed his execution for several days in order to... [read post]
27 Aug 2005, 4:43 am
They have filed a request for clemency with the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles [official website] and have asked a [read post]
11 Jul 2013, 5:16 am
What follows is a revised version of that letter to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
2 Dec 2009, 9:08 am
Yesterday afternoon, the Board of Pardons and Paroles rejected clemency in his case. [read post]
