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3 Jul 2008, 5:18 pm
The Board of Pardons and Parole by rule will only reinstate gun rights earlier in the event of a pardon and if the gun is necessary for employment.But if gun ownership is an individual right on par with free speech, the right to counsel, and the right to be secure from unreasonable searches, on what possible basis can a million plus Texans be excluded from that "right" because of a felony? [read post]
21 Jun 2008, 6:54 am
During this same time period, 31,904 allegations of parole violations were presented by the Department to the Board of Pardons and Paroles (Board) for administrative decisions, which resulted in 10,251 revocations of parole. [read post]
5 May 2008, 9:37 am
Julius Trimble of the East Ohio Conference and committee chair presenting the Resolution to the General Conference delegates, also pointed out that in Texas the Governor cannot commute a sentence without the vote of the Board of Pardons and Parole; and the specific event of Governor Perry, after a vote from the Board on commuting the death sentence of a mentally ill inmate, denying that vote and proceeding with the execution.More on the General… [read post]
16 Mar 2008, 12:28 am
After all, Texas' Board of Pardons and Parole is notoriously "tough. [read post]
28 Feb 2008, 2:45 am
Yet the Board of Pardons and Paroles as well as Texas Gov. [read post]
18 Jan 2008, 11:28 am
And if everyone was made to give their DNA, we'd not have innocent people in prison right now.01/04/2008DALLAS -- (AP) Three times during his nearly 27 years in prison, Charles Chatman went before a parole board and refused to admit he was a rapist. [read post]
10 Jan 2008, 9:26 am
Supreme Court considers the constitutionality of lethal injection, a Texas Death Row inmate has an execution date set for next month, and no appeals on his behalf are pending before the courts and no clemency application has been filed with the Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
8 Jan 2008, 6:45 am
AUGUST • North Carolina becomes the 8th state to require electronic recording of interrogations (in homicide cases) • Trial court judge dismisses post-conviction petition for a new trial of Richard LaPointe, a man many believe falsely confessed to the murder of his wife's grandmother in 1987 • Montana Board of Pardons and Paroles… [read post]
4 Jan 2008, 1:36 pm
The parole board always pressed him to confess, and when Chatman refused fabricate a story of his crime, the board refused to let him out. [read post]
31 Dec 2007, 3:28 am
However, with staffing problems unresolved, the system really must pin its hopes on increasing parole rates for low-level, non-violent offenders, which under current Board of Pardons and Parole Chair Rissie Owens have reached all-time lows. [read post]
4 Dec 2007, 10:17 pm
But I'm sure many such prisoners would prefer to stay in the United States under parole instead of be deported.The range of sources in the Chronicle article were extremely narrow: Kahan, the victim's family, and Board of Pardons and Parole Chair Rissie Owens. [read post]
29 Oct 2007, 9:44 pm
Poison gas was adopted in the USA in 1921 and was eventually used by 11 states.(7)Lethal injection was proposed and adopted in 1977 in Oklahoma and Texas and subsequently in other states.(8) Other countries have also sought to make execution more palatable. [read post]
22 Oct 2007, 7:30 pm
Here is some of Grits's insightful followup to the two articles:For these serious offenses, a typical reason given by the Board of Pardons and Parole for refusing to grant parole is "the nature of the crime. [read post]
Texas' new sex offender law misplaces focus on stranger danger, could make victimization more likely
21 Oct 2007, 11:25 pm
It's true, though, if counterintuitive.For these serious offenses, a typical reason given by the Board of Pardons and Parole for refusing to grant parole is "the nature of the crime. [read post]
18 Oct 2007, 7:40 am
The state Supreme Court and pardons and paroles board have so far turned down Alderman's pleas to be spared. [read post]
16 Oct 2007, 8:24 am
Board of Pardons and Paroles chairwoman Rissie Owens said the board cannot issue a blanket halt on executions. [read post]
3 Oct 2007, 3:21 am
The Board of Pardons and Parole has long considered its own desires above those of the Texas Legislature and now the US Supreme Court. [read post]
2 Oct 2007, 3:53 pm
The ruling was handed down without a formal vote just after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles rejected Chi's plea for clemency. [read post]
2 Oct 2007, 2:50 pm
[Fort Worth Star-Telegram] Earlier today, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles voted 4-3 not to grant Chi a 6-month stay. [read post]
2 Oct 2007, 1:07 pm
The Honduran government on Friday asked the state Board of Pardons and Paroles and Gov. [read post]
