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3 May 2011, 7:50 am
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]
25 Apr 2011, 12:15 pm
As doubts about Troy Davis’ guilt continue to remain unresolved by the courts, the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles must step in and ensure that, at least, he is not executed. [read post]
15 Apr 2011, 3:01 pm
Act now: Make a final appeal to the Georgia Pardons and Parole Board. [read post]
12 Apr 2011, 3:11 pm
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
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
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
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]
5 Apr 2011, 12:18 pm
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
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
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]
4 Apr 2011, 2:57 pm
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
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
“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]
28 Mar 2011, 7:34 am
After the District Court denied the petition, there were further issues as to how that decision might be reviewed.I noted in that prior post:I suspect the swing votes on the Court are hoping the District Court comes to the same conclusion as the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles [that Davis is truly guilty] but, unlike that board, writes a thorough explanation of why. [read post]
21 Mar 2011, 3:56 pm
The board soon granted him parole, allowing him to conditionally rejoin his family earlier today. [read post]
3 Mar 2011, 5:31 am
There are seven risk categories to which potential parolees are assigned, and it's the lowest risk parolees who are being released at below-guideline rates, i.e., the lowest-risk offenders are the ones the parole board is holding onto longer than the guidelines suggest, a situation that's been happening as long as I've paid attention to the Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
1 Mar 2011, 7:08 am
(Last session, one of Governor Perry's appointees to the Board of Pardons and Paroles, Shanda Perkins, was scuttled on a bipartisan 27-4 vote, with some senators who'd voted for her in committee voting against her on the floor.)I'd like to see Bradley's nomination rejected outright, but even if he stays on the Commission, the Lege should change the law to let commissioners select their own chair. [read post]
23 Feb 2011, 8:06 am
Adams’s case presented a unique and powerful opportunity for the Board of Pardons and Paroles and Governor Perry to show mercy. [read post]
