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17 Apr 2009, 2:02 pm
Brad Henry has not made a decision on a recommendation by the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board to grant clemency for a man scheduled to die next month for the killing of an 8-year-old boy, a spokesman said. [read post]
30 Mar 2009, 1:57 pm
A clemency petition has been filed on his behalf with the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles.Supporters of Mr. [read post]
26 Mar 2009, 5:08 am
An additional reprieve can only be made with a positive recommendation of the Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
16 Mar 2009, 9:06 am
It would require the Board of Pardons and Paroles to hold a meeting with the condemned prisoner in attendance. [read post]
2 Mar 2009, 1:28 pm
But the Board of Pardons and Paroles rejected Nenno's clemency petition, as noted in this earlier post.The prediction answered in 1996 got it wrong. [read post]
26 Feb 2009, 8:25 am
But, senators, I beg your pardon, you need a closer look on this one. [read post]
25 Feb 2009, 8:35 pm
Houston Chronicle columnist Lisa Falkenberg says that, with the appointment of anti-sex toy activist Shanda Perkins to the Board of Pardons and Paroles, Governor Rick Perry's "shameless pandering to the fire-and-brimstone fringes of his party crossed a line into absurdity. [read post]
25 Feb 2009, 7:32 pm
From the post:Normally, the Texas Senate rubber stamps the Governor's appointments to the Board of Pardons and Paroles, but one of Rick Perry's three appointees announced last week perhaps deserves closer vetting by the Senate. [read post]
24 Feb 2009, 9:07 am
Information from the interviews would be used to bolster claims in a clemency petition to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles that Pondexter has been a model inmate and has shown he is not a continued threat to society, a finding a jury made in 1994 when they decided he should be sent to death row. [read post]
19 Feb 2009, 3:56 pm
In 2005, Texas Appleseed and the Texas Innocence Network published, "The Role of Mercy: Safegaurding Texas Justice Through Clemency Reform," which examined best practices in executive clemency. [read post]
19 Feb 2009, 2:06 am
Normally, the Texas Senate rubber stamps the Governor's appointments to the Board of Pardons and Paroles, but one of Rick Perry's three appointees announced last week perhaps deserves closer vetting by the Senate. [read post]
5 Feb 2009, 10:57 am
The state probation and parole board has piles of letters on his behalf, chairman Steve Long said.Even guards support his clemency, Skillicorn's attorney, Jennifer Merrigan, said. [read post]
28 Jan 2009, 4:05 am
While the phrase "is serving a sentence for" could be subject to two interpretations, reading it the way the majority does encourages gamesmanship-delay on the part of the Board of Pardons and Parole. [read post]
Notable little Fifth Circuit ruling on constitutional requirements for back-end sentencing decisions
15 Dec 2008, 2:35 pm
Hill requires the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to give reasons for denying mandatory supervision that are supported by "some evidence. [read post]
12 Nov 2008, 4:49 pm
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]
12 Nov 2008, 2:33 pm
From DMN- It 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]
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]
30 Oct 2008, 10:52 pm
Other federal courts had rejected similar appeals and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles also refused a clemency request for Wright on a 7-0 vote Wednesday. [read post]
29 Oct 2008, 2:48 am
AP has this report on the execution of Eric Nenno, via the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.It was the 29th execution in America this year; the 1,128th in the country since 1977.My commentary on the failure of the Board of Pardons and Paroles to examine his case -- and the prediction that he would be a future danger to society -- is here. [read post]
28 Oct 2008, 2:11 pm
Eric Nenno's only option was executive clemency.The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles is the one body with the authority to recommend a commutation of a death sentence to life in prison. [read post]
