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22 May 2008, 4:43 pm
  Still, as this local article highlights, this is "only the third time since 1995 that the Pardons and Parole Board has commuted a death sentence. [read post]
The Alabama Board of Pardons and Parole's posthumous pardon today of the last of the black men wrongly convicted of the rape of two white women 82 years ago in Scottsboro, Alabama seems to write the final chapter of a sorry story that epitomizes the racial injustice and procedural unfairness that dominated the criminal justice system in the United States in the beginning of the last century. [read post]
1 Jun 2012, 5:26 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Even if she did, though, her actual-innocence claims are strong enough that the Board of Pardons and Paroles and Gov. [read post]
25 Feb 2007, 2:32 pm
For whatever reason, probably because my recent Rissie Owens Watch (she's the chair of the state board of pardons and parole, see here, here, and here) I've received quite a few private emails recently asking advice about a relative's particular parole case. [read post]
10 Dec 2010, 10:13 am by William Ryan Moore
Ultimately, the pardon board, which the governor participates in, voted unanimously to pardon Morrison for the offense of indecent exposure. [read post]
20 Jun 2012, 1:20 pm by Jeff Gamso
  It's beyond serious dispute that he's what they used to call "slow" and that he's not altogether on top of what's going on.He told the Parole Board he wants a full pardon. [read post]
17 Aug 2007, 2:00 am
Given that Sheriff Giusto is the secretary of the Tri-Met board of directors, I'm thinking "Bernie" would be a nice gesture. [read post]
Rick Perry and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to halt Stroman’s execution and commute his sentence to life imprisonment without parole. [read post]
17 Sep 2009, 12:44 pm
In the end, we got the IRS to offer a penalty pardon that saved the city! [read post]
21 Nov 2009, 10:49 am
In "An embarrassment to Texas justice," Houston criminal defense lawyer Tom Moran writes about the case of his client Robert Thompson, executed the night before last after Texas Governor Rick Perry refused to commute his sentence despite the recommendation of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, for a capital murder in which he was not the shooter, and in which the shooter was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole. [read post]
16 Sep 2011, 2:48 pm by Rekha Arulanantham, ACLU
Who can you help save by sending a letter to the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Parole? [read post]
6 Nov 2019, 8:10 am by Alicia Maule
Yesterday, 26 bi-partisan Texas lawmakers sent a letter to Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles requesting to stop the November 20 execution of Rodney Reed in order to further investigate the mounting evidence of his innocence. [read post]
5 Jan 2009, 9:00 am
Department of Justice's Office of Pardon Attorney seeking a reduction in his twenty-year prison sentence. [read post]
22 Apr 2024, 5:57 am by Above the Law
"I'm not saying any of this because I'm seeking a pardon," he said. [read post]
6 May 2014, 4:35 pm
Members of the Illinois Prisoner Review Board will also be present to discuss the pardon process for those who do not qualify for either expungement or sealing. [read post]
6 Jun 2013, 4:05 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Also, "Board of Pardons and Paroles Chairwoman Rissie Owens’ salary will jump from $126,500 to $172,000," for a 36% increase. [read post]
26 Feb 2018, 8:00 am by Dan Ernst
Board and the Rise of a Racial SaviorSimon Devereaux. [read post]
27 Jun 2024, 6:51 am
"From "Tex. inmate executed after expert recanted testimony on ‘future dangerousness’/Ramiro Gonzales was executed by lethal injection Wednesday after Texas’s Board of Parole and Pardons unanimously voted Monday to deny his clemency petition" (WaPo). [read post]