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30 Aug 2007, 7:48 am
McClendon and Villareal are asking that Perry and the board of pardons and paroles to commute his sentence and give him life in prison without parole. [read post]
17 Jan 2012, 10:00 am by Kathleen MacRae, ACLU of Delaware
Two days ago, the Delaware Board of Pardons for the first time in its history recommended that the death sentence be commuted. [read post]
26 Jul 2007, 6:15 pm
Bob Farr can’t get out of his own way: Earlier this week, Robert Farr, chairman of the Connecticut Board of Pardons and Parole, said that the release of the two men was appropriate based on the available evidence. [read post]
24 Oct 2012, 12:55 pm
Eight years after Cameron Todd Willingham was wrongfully executed of the arson murder of his three daughters, his surviving relatives filed a petition with the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles seeking a posthumous pardon based on overwhelming evidence of his innocence. [read post]
3 May 2012, 1:43 pm by CJLF Staff
Montana Board Hears Mercy Case for Canadian on Death Row: David Murray of the Great Falls Tribune reports convicted murderer Ronald Smith, who has admitted to being the gunman in two 1982 murders, had his clemency hearing before the Montana Board of Pardons and Parole Wednesday, asking to have his death sentence commuted to life without the possibility of parole. [read post]
12 Aug 2015, 4:56 am
The state parole board convened with him after he became eligible for parole this spring after the Democratic state governor commuted his life sentence, in addition to issuing pardons to five other offenders with non-violent pasts. [read post]
23 Nov 2016, 1:29 pm by Kathryn Rubino
[Salon] * President Obama 'pardoned' his last turkey. [read post]
23 Sep 2008, 7:59 am
In July 2007, the state Board of Pardons and Paroles stepped in and stayed Davis' execution less than 24 hours before it was to be carried out. [read post]
18 Dec 2008, 12:15 pm
MORE QUESTIONS about Eric Holder: “The Republicans want to find out if Holder has a good explanation of his conduct in the Clinton-era pardons as well as in matters such as the Elian Gonzales case. . . . [read post]
5 May 2010, 10:03 am by Shouse Law Group
Last week the Nevada Pardons Board denied parole to an inmate who pleaded guilty to DUI causing death back in 2001. [read post]
14 Jun 2010, 12:00 pm by Terry Lenamon
Today, the Board of Pardons and Parole for the State of Utah denied Ronnie Lee Gardner’s Commutation Petition (opinion here). [read post]
28 May 2014, 4:12 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Tomorrow, Thursday, May 29, at noon, the Texas House Corrections Committee will hold a wide-ranging hearing in which they shall:Study and review the correctional facilities and processes within Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, and Texas Juvenile Justice Department with emphasis on efficiencies, effectiveness, and recidivism. [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]
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]
24 Jan 2019, 8:11 am by Tim Zubizarreta
Fujimori had checked himself into a hospital after his pardon and claimed that his health would not survive a return to prison, but a medical board discharged him from the hospital Wednesday. [read post]
24 Nov 2009, 10:15 am by Steve Hall
Bob Taft, Strickland denied 30 and granted clemency 33 times — 29 pardons and four commutations.Of 233 clemency requests from 2007, he denied 188 requests and granted clemency 45 times — 39 pardons and six commutations.Strickland agreed with the recommendations of the Ohio Parole Board 267 times out of 296, or 90 percent of the time. [read post]
12 Jun 2012, 4:56 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
The story opens:More than 20 years after Texas limited the responsibilities of the state Board of Pardons and Paroles to approving or denying cases not supervising parole officers or parolees a new state report is sparking debate about whether to expand the agency's duties again.Such a change, if approved, would be the biggest shift in Texas' corrections system in decades — and the idea has sparked a turf war between the parole board and the Texas… [read post]
3 Aug 2007, 9:16 am
Next week the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles is scheduled to re-examine the case of Troy Davis. [read post]
24 Sep 2009, 6:40 pm
"I still have to register," _____ told the board before the pardon was granted. [read post]