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29 Oct 2009, 4:14 pm
The process used by the Department and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles (Parole Board) for assessing and placing offenders in programs is not efficient and may result in some offenders remaining in prison longer than they should, which could contribute to prison overcrowding. [read post]
3 May 2012, 6:30 pm
More than 20 witnesses spoke to the Montana Board of Pardons and Parole. [read post]
20 Jul 2007, 9:40 am
The letter goes on to say Davis' pending execution is "disturbing" given that many witnesses have come forward to say that their testimony implicating him was false.State Board of Pardons and Paroles spokeswoman Scheree Lipscomb declined to comment on the letter. [read post]
13 Aug 2010, 12:03 pm
Matthews’ case is deeply troubling, but the Oklahoma Board of Pardons and Paroles voted 3-2 against commuting the death sentence, leaving the Governor with limited options. [read post]
17 Mar 2008, 8:33 am
"And:Davis was less than 24 hours from lethal injection in July 2007 when the state Board of Pardons and Paroles, troubled by last-minute questions about his guilt, stayed the execution for 90 days. [read post]
1 Jun 2016, 5:12 am
Governor Andy Cuomo could pardon or commute, but he can’t order parole. [read post]
26 Aug 2009, 4:59 pm
In 1981 Everett pled guilty to first-degree murder in Nevada and was originally sentenced to death, but the Nevada State Board of Pardons reduced it to life in prison without parole. [read post]
8 Jul 2007, 12:34 pm
I wanted to highlight a few recent Grits posts for my own easy reference and to make sure they made it onto Grits readers radar screens:County Jail Overcrowding SolutionsGrits best practices to reduce county jail overcrowding: Part TwoConsultant: Midland jail should tackle overincarceration by reducing pretrial detentionRookie Dallas jailers work with no training up to six monthsLawsuit moves forward toward quicker competency restorationPrivate PrisonsAG should investigate possible Geo Group… [read post]
29 Oct 2008, 2:48 am
AP has this report on the execution of Eric Nenno, via the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.It was the 29th execution in America this year; the 1,128th in the country since 1977.My commentary on the failure of the Board of Pardons and Paroles to examine his case -- and the prediction that he would be a future danger to society -- is here. [read post]
26 Mar 2009, 5:08 am
An additional reprieve can only be made with a positive recommendation of the Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
19 Aug 2007, 6:42 am
You can take action by writing Governor Perry, Members of the Board of Pardons and Paroles and Members of the Texas Legislature to Stop the Execution of Kenneth, here. [read post]
31 Dec 2010, 7:20 pm
See recent Grits posts on clemecy:Perry granted 3.5% of clemency requestsInstitutional 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 process [read post]
2 Sep 2010, 12:34 pm
The Ohio Parole Board recommended against clemency in this case. [read post]
4 Aug 2008, 3:37 am
The applicant informs us that he has requested that the Board of Pardons and Paroles recommend to the Governor that he grant the applicant a 240-day reprieve so that there will be time for the proposed federal legislation to be considered in Congress. (15) Moreover, the Governor himself may grant a 30-day reprieve even absent a recommendation from the Board. (16) It would be an embarrassment and a shame to the people of Texas and the rest of the country (albeit… [read post]
1 Mar 2007, 5:34 am
" Meanwhile Governor Perry appointed Ed Owens, husband of Board of Pardons and Parole Chair Rissie Owens, as the new executive director of TYC. [read post]
1 May 2010, 8:10 pm
The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles found that each time an offender moves, the likelihood that they will reoffend increases 25%.[1] Just this month; Matthew Cate, Secretary of California's Board of Corrections and Rehabilitation, reported that more than 2100 sex-offender parolee/probationers are transient and another 900 are "at large". [read post]
24 Jul 2022, 9:01 pm
He was convicted of murdering his friend Albert Hale during a 1997 drug-inspired robbery.Coddington has filed a clemency petition with the Oklahoma Board of Pardons and Paroles, which on Tuesday will hold a hearing on his request.His case for clemency is straightforward but controversial. [read post]
23 Mar 2010, 9:09 am
It doesn't make for good press.Good enough for the Board of Pardons and Paroles, though, it seems. [read post]
10 Jan 2012, 8:41 am
Jack Markell cannot commute Gattis' death sentence to life in prison without parole unless a majority of the five-member pardons board makes that recommendation. [read post]
16 Mar 2009, 9:06 am
It would require the Board of Pardons and Paroles to hold a meeting with the condemned prisoner in attendance. [read post]
