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3 May 2011, 7:50 am by Steve Hall
Last week, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals refused an appeal from Kerr and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles turned down a clemency request. [read post]
15 Apr 2011, 3:01 pm by Suzanne Ito, ACLU
Act now: Make a final appeal to the Georgia Pardons and Parole Board. [read post]
12 Apr 2011, 3:11 pm by Tanya Greene, Center for Justice
The last chance for remedy of this egregious injustice is an appeal for clemency to the Georgia Pardons and Parole Board. [read post]
8 Apr 2011, 1:00 pm by McNabb Associates, P.C.
Piracy, by the law of nations; mutiny on board a vessel or an aircraft for the purpose of rebelling against the authority of the Captain or Commander of such vessel or aircraft; or by fraud or violence taking possession of such vessel or aircraft. 10. [read post]
8 Apr 2011, 9:28 am by Laura Moye
  Together we will say to Georgia’s Board of Pardons and Paroles, the final failsafe, “There is too much doubt in the Troy Davis case. [read post]
6 Apr 2011, 3:07 am by Sinead Ring
His only remaining hope is that the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Parole will listen to his pleas (and those of his many supporters, including former US president Jimmy Carter, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Pope Benedict XVI) for clemency. [read post]
Rick Perry and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles should stay the remaining pending executions until the legislature enacts measures that provide the same comprehensive regulations for the taking of human life as those provided to animals. [read post]
5 Apr 2011, 8:17 am by Steve Hall
Convicted murderer Cleve Foster, facing execution Tuesday for the 2002 slaying of a Sudanese immigrant in Fort Worth, was denied a clemency request today by the state Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
4 Apr 2011, 2:59 pm by Christine Dowling
Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Burlington, case no. 10-945.Texas Board Denies Clemency for Death Row Inmate:  The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles denied clemency today for death row inmate Cleve Foster, 47, who is scheduled for execution tomorrow for the murder of a Sudanese woman at a Fort Worth bar nine years ago. [read post]
The Texas Board of Pardons and Parole and Texas Governor Rick Perry should stay all pending executions, including tomorrow’s scheduled execution of Cleve Foster, until the Texas legislature enacts measures that provide, at a minimum, the same protections to human beings condemned to die as those provided to a lizard. [read post]
3 Apr 2011, 2:07 pm by Howard Friedman
LEXIS 32385 (D UT, March 25, 2011), a Utah federal district court dismissed a series of claims by an inmate charging the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole with considering religion in making parole decisions and in favoring members of the Mormon church.In Silvagnoli v. [read post]
30 Mar 2011, 1:04 am
Yeakel gave the members of the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole a month to explain what evidence they relied on in placing the restrictions and threatened to jail the board members if they fail to comply. [read post]
29 Mar 2011, 2:42 am
3-29-2011 Oklahoma: Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board officials say data kept by the agency show parole approval ranging from 31 percent to 55 percent during the last 10 years, which contradicts a study released earlier this week by a Colorado-based research organization. [read post]
28 Mar 2011, 9:49 am by Steve Hall
“The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles, as the final fail-safe, has the opportunity to commute his sentence to life and prevent the possibility of executing an innocent person. [read post]
21 Mar 2011, 3:56 pm
Late last week, however, Governor Bob McDonnell asked the state parole board to reconsider Haynesworth's request. [read post]
3 Mar 2011, 5:31 am by Gritsforbreakfast
However you decide to skin that cat, the state can find large cost reductions by changing how they deal with that category of offenders.Fabelo also suggested taking measures to edge up parole rates toward levels anticipated by the Board of Pardons and Paroles' official guidelines, noting that a 1% increase in the parole rate would reduce the inmate population by 1,500, while a 1% decline would increase the prison population by a like amount.… [read post]
23 Feb 2011, 8:06 am by Steve Hall
Adams’s case presented a unique and powerful opportunity for the Board of Pardons and Paroles and Governor Perry to show mercy. [read post]
22 Feb 2011, 7:35 am by Steve Hall
Supreme Court in a last-effort to save the former security guard's life.Monday's pledge to take the 42-year-old death row inmate's case to the high court came after state-level efforts to stop today's execution failed.On Friday, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles unanimously rejected a request that Adams' sentence be commuted to life in prison.The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals also dismissed an appeal that argued, in part, that Adams… [read post]
18 Feb 2011, 3:08 pm by Steve Hall
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has unanimously rejected a clemency petition from a convicted killer set to die next week for the shooting death of his 19-month-old son.More than 90 clergy members from around the state had signed a letter to Gov. [read post]