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30 Aug 2007, 3:52 am
Rick Perry said he'll spare Kenneth Foster from hisscheduled execution Thursday night and commute his sentence to life.In doing so, Perry accepts a recommendation from the Texas Board of Pardonsand Paroles, which voted 6-1 today to urge the commutation.Foster had faced execution Thursday night in Huntsville for being thegetaway driver in the 1996 attempted robbery and murder of Michael LaHood inSan Antonio.Perry didn't have to accept the highly unusual recommendation from… [read post]
19 Sep 2011, 10:22 am by Steve Hall
On Monday, the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles will give Mr. [read post]
20 May 2010, 11:20 am by Brian Evans
  On four other occasions, he has rejected clemency recommendations from the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board, and there have been 37 executions in Oklahoma during his term as Governor. [read post]
The Board of Pardons and Paroles, on the other hand, is not bound by the same legal standard. [read post]
19 Mar 2010, 7:28 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Rissie Owens, chairwoman of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, and a member of the Huntsville school board, declined an interview for this story and did not answer written questions about calls for reform. [read post]
21 Jun 2007, 9:58 am
MoyeOr, fax it to 404-876-2276Amnesty International will be collecting all the letters and delivering them to the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles.So that's all you need to do! [read post]
18 Nov 2010, 4:57 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Tell me in the comments if you think they'll come in over or under 55 (as counted by the Board of Pardons and Paroles after the session is complete), and why. [read post]
24 Oct 2012, 11:45 am by John Fossum
Pardon Process: Governor and high officials (attorney general, chief justice) act as pardon board, which is required to report to the legislature annually; for a "pardon extraordinary," which restores all right and effectively nullifies a conviction, eligibility requires five crime-free years from final discharge for nonviolent crimes or 10 crime-free years for violent offenses; commissioner of corrections screens applications and decides which cases… [read post]
24 Oct 2012, 11:45 am by John Fossum
Pardon Process: Governor and high officials (attorney general, chief justice) act as pardon board, which is required to report to the legislature annually; for a "pardon extraordinary," which restores all right and effectively nullifies a conviction, eligibility requires five crime-free years from final discharge for nonviolent crimes or 10 crime-free years for violent offenses; commissioner of corrections screens applications and decides which cases… [read post]
13 Nov 2009, 2:57 am
But he called her out for violating parolees' civil rights in just about the harshest terms imaginable and ordered the state to pay six-figure legal fees, reports the Statesman's Mike Ward ("No liability for parole chief," Nov. 13): The Tuesday decision absolves Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles Chairwoman Rissie Owens of personal liability in actions against Ray Curtis Graham and still leaves state taxpayers liable for paying Graham's legal fees, which… [read post]
30 Aug 2007, 10:17 am
Today, 7 hours before he was to be executed, Texas Governor Perry commuted his sentence:Thursday's vote marked only the second time since Texas resumed carrying out executions in 1982 that the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles endorsed stopping an execution with so little time remaining. [read post]
13 Jan 2016, 5:38 am by SHG
Texas had never offered a posthumous pardon; there was not even a clear protocol for how one might be granted to Tim Cole. [read post]
8 Feb 2012, 10:24 am by CJLF Staff
He hopes state lawmakers will consider creating new pardon legislation that would forbid Governors from granting pardons during their last three months in office, and would require hearings before pardons are granted. [read post]
28 Apr 2021, 12:30 am
POTUS 45 did not grant Esformes a pardon. [read post]
18 Jan 2015, 7:11 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The Texas House Corrections Committee this week put out its interim report (pdf) covering the following topics:Oversight of TDCJ, the Board of Pardons and Paroles, and TJJDReview of mental health services in the justice systemEvaluate 'pay for performance' model for privatizing juvenile justiceSchool discipline and the criminal justice systemThere's a decent overview of operations of monitored agencies, including a good discussion of administrative segregation… [read post]
5 Mar 2015, 4:26 am by Jeff Gamso
.*  Make up game killing was scheduled for Monday this week.Gissendaner's lawyers took the chance to ask the Board of Pardons and Paroles to reconsider its decision to have her killed. [read post]
15 Nov 2021, 5:30 am by Joy
Capitol rioter gets 41 months in prison, longest sentence imposed so farKyle Rittenhouse breaks down on stand during trial Court temporarily delays release of Trump's Jan. 6 recordsToronto school board rejects Marie Henein book club event - The Globe and Mail Proposed Missouri Law Would Make Drunken Drivers Pay Child Support If Parent Is Killed In Accident Judge is suspended for jailing spectator after she refused drug testJudge gives final approval of settlement for people affected by… [read post]
10 Jul 2018, 12:58 pm by Victoria Clark
Trump pardoned two men from Oregon who were charged with arson in 2016, according to the New York Times. [read post]