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18 Feb 2011, 7:11 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Perry did grant a pardon to Anthony Graves (following a recommendation, of course, from the Board of Pardons and Paroles), I don't see how anyone would have grounds to contest it. [read post]
17 Feb 2011, 7:51 am by Steve Hall
  You can send a letter to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles at: Rissie Owens, Presiding OfficerTexas Board of Pardons and ParolesP. [read post]
12 Feb 2011, 11:32 am by Steve Hall
  You can send a letter to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles at: Rissie Owens, Presiding OfficerTexas Board of Pardons and ParolesP. [read post]
11 Feb 2011, 2:38 pm by Jeff Gamso
So governors appoint pardons boards and meet with legal counselors, who take the political heat for controversial cases. [read post]
11 Feb 2011, 12:05 pm by Brian Evans
” The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles can recommend that Texas Governor Rick Perry grant clemency in this case, and commute Timothy Adams’ death sentence to life without parole. [read post]
11 Feb 2011, 9:55 am by Adrian M. Baron
David McCluskey of West Hartford, who was tapped by Malloy to serve on the Board of Pardons and Parole. [read post]
John Kasich has asked the state parole board to revisit her case and reconsider whether the sentence she received was “appropriate. [read post]
9 Feb 2011, 7:17 am by Steve Hall
" The clemency petition, filed with the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, is in Adobe .pdf format. [read post]
8 Feb 2011, 7:45 am by Steve Hall
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles decides who gets paroled.The cases returned by both state and federal courts come from trials in the years 1989 to 1991.During that time, jury instructions did not allow jurors to properly consider mitigating evidence before assessing the death penalty, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals found in 2005 when it threw out the death sentence of Johnny Paul Penry. [read post]
8 Feb 2011, 7:35 am by Steve Hall
The clemency petition, filed with the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, is in Adobe .pdf format. [read post]
7 Feb 2011, 9:10 am by Steve Hall
"It is in our deepest hopes and prayers that the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole, and Gov. [read post]
21 Jan 2011, 8:13 am by Steve Hall
Hammond's lawyers have decided not to ask the state Board of Pardons and Paroles to stop his execution, scheduled for Tuesday at 7 p.m., for the 1988 abduction and murder of Julie Love in a case that gained wide publicity at the time. [read post]
19 Jan 2011, 12:22 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
They've threatened to cancel the contract if the state won't increase compensation for inmate healthcare.A bizarre contradiction on parole There's a flat-out bizarre element to the Board of Pardons and Paroles' budget given that HB1 would shutter the Central Unit and eliminate more than 1,500 private prison beds: Cuts to the parole board would cause the agency to process more than 6,000 fewer parole cases… [read post]
18 Jan 2011, 3:38 am
See Section 703, Correction Law, for the scope and effect of the issuance of such a Certificate by the Board of Parole. [read post]
13 Jan 2011, 11:20 am by Gritsforbreakfast
I hadn't realized until seeing the tagline to the article that Humphrey is "currently a Parole Commissioner for the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole. [read post]
12 Jan 2011, 8:22 am by Steve Hall
Sixteen of the pardons are granted at the recommendation of the Board of Probation and Parole (BOPP). [read post]
3 Jan 2011, 7:54 pm by LawDiva
There has been a groundswell of support for a full pardon for the Scott sisters, backed by the NAACP, however, the Mississippi parole board favours a suspension of the balance of their sentences. [read post]
31 Dec 2010, 5:32 pm by Andrew W. Torrance
 As he stated on his website, At my request, the Parole Board...reviewed whether the sisters should be granted an indefinite suspension of sentence, which is tantamount to parole, and have concurred with my decision to suspend their sentences indefinitely. [read post]
30 Dec 2010, 10:30 am by Gritsforbreakfast
See related Grits posts:Institutional prosecutorial bias limits federal pardon recommendations from DOJPerry mostly ignores advice of parole board appointees on clemencyChristmastime clemency is a joke, but pardons could be meaningful remedy for 'government overreach' How the Grinch stole clemency: Christmastime pardons trivialize processCasting light on Texas clemency decisionsPublic tired of Willie Horton? [read post]