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29 Dec 2011, 12:33 pm
Rick Scott announced new rules that required a Clemency Board to review all applications and revoked the automatic restoration of voting rights to felons who had completed their sentences. [read post]
31 Dec 2010, 2:10 am
" To be fair, the application for clemency offered Jamie's kidney for her sister, a natural act of kindness between siblings. [read post]
8 Dec 2010, 4:44 am
The very timing of them implies their work re the assessment of pardon applications is a joke.Of course, if the media were to inquire about the "typical" pardon half as much as they do the "controversial" ones, they would learn (and educate the American public to) the fact that the typical act of clemency does not spring anyone from prison or overturn the judgment of judges and juries at all! [read post]
6 Sep 2010, 8:05 pm
The cases, [In re Edward Patrick Morgan] and [In re Samuel Zamudio Jimenez], deal with situations where the petitioner has gone without a habeas attorney for years — 13 years, in the case of Morgan. [read post]
8 Jul 2010, 4:06 am
There are many petitions around the world about this. [read post]
24 May 2010, 9:10 pm
In the news Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry granted clemency to Richard Tandy Smith. [read post]
20 Apr 2010, 2:01 am
Durr's conviction, and arguments presented for and against clemency at the Parole Board hearing regarding his application for executive clemency. [read post]
26 Jan 2010, 1:26 pm
Hall, No. 09–5731 In a capital habeas matter, the petition for certiorari is granted and the court of appeals' order is vacated and remanded where the court of appeals incorrectly held that the habeas petition, which claimed that petitioner was denied discovery into the issue of whether there had been improper communications between the judge and jury, was procedurally barred based on an insufficient record, contrary to Cone v. [read post]
26 Jan 2010, 1:26 pm
Hall, No. 09–5731 In a capital habeas matter, the petition for certiorari is granted and the court of appeals' order is vacated and remanded where the court of appeals incorrectly held that the habeas petition, which claimed that petitioner was denied discovery into the issue of whether there had been improper communications between the judge and jury, was procedurally barred based on an insufficient record, contrary to Cone v. [read post]
10 Nov 2009, 12:08 pm
We're sure, after all. [read post]
21 Apr 2009, 12:01 pm
Quarterman, No. 09-70013 In a capital murder case, the denial of Defendant's motions for a stay of execution and appointment of counsel for clemency purposes is affirmed, where: 1) there was no habeas petition pending, and therefore the District Court had no jurisdiction to enjoin the execution; and 2) there was no showing of additional evidence that could be presented in clemency proceedings. . [read post]
24 Nov 2008, 12:04 pm
Dunn of the Georgia Resource Center, say that Davis could not have raised a stand-alone innocence claim in his first petition because it was not ripe until he exhausted all of his state remedies, including executive clemency. [read post]
15 Aug 2008, 9:31 am
Click here to read the application for clemency submitted by Jeff Wood's lawyers to the Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
19 Jul 2008, 12:19 pm
Thereafter, Henyard filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus infederal court, which was denied. [read post]
24 Jan 2008, 10:00 pm
(At 701, if you're following along.) [read post]
15 Jan 2008, 1:50 pm
U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, January 10, 2008 In re: McDonald, No. 06-4120 In a murder case in which a key witness in the matter later claimed that she provided perjured testimony against petitioner, that the trial prosecutor coerced her into a non-consensual sexual relationship and the perjured testimony, and the prosecutor's brother corroborated her claims, a motion for permission to file a second or successive habeas corpus petition is granted where: 1) it was not… [read post]
22 Dec 2007, 6:16 am
As his reputation for granting clemency spread, applications surged. [read post]
1 Oct 2007, 4:45 am
Bell, No. 06-6474, 06-6539, 07-5059In a death penalty matter arising from offenses of first-degree murder, second-degree burglary, and grand larceny, various district court rulings denying petitioner relief and motions brought by petitioner are affirmed and denied, respectively, as: 1) a request for authorization to file a successive section 2254 petition is denied as petitioner failed to meet the standard under the AEDPA that would allow him to do so; 2) for purposes of a motion for a COA,… [read post]
17 Jul 2007, 6:26 am
The lawyers also have a pending application in front of the Georgia Supreme Court for a motion for new trial based on after-discovered evidence, based on the five new witnesses who exonerate Troy Davis. [read post]
7 Jul 2007, 1:13 am
"At times there are cases that are emblematic of the dysfunctional application of justice in this country. [read post]
