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18 Jan 2011, 3:38 am
See Section 703, Correction Law, for the scope and effect of the issuance of such a Certificate by the Board of Parole. [read post]
13 Jan 2011, 11:20 am
I hadn't realized until seeing the tagline to the article that Humphrey is "currently a Parole Commissioner for the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole. [read post]
12 Jan 2011, 8:22 am
Sixteen of the pardons are granted at the recommendation of the Board of Probation and Parole (BOPP). [read post]
11 Jan 2011, 10:55 am
On Christmas Day, Urnosky's relatives issued a statement in which they "vehemently opposed" Foster's request for clemency, which was turned down Friday by the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
3 Jan 2011, 7:54 pm
There has been a groundswell of support for a full pardon for the Scott sisters, backed by the NAACP, however, the Mississippi parole board favours a suspension of the balance of their sentences. [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]
31 Dec 2010, 5:32 pm
As he stated on his website, At my request, the Parole Board...reviewed whether the sisters should be granted an indefinite suspension of sentence, which is tantamount to parole, and have concurred with my decision to suspend their sentences indefinitely. [read post]
30 Dec 2010, 10:30 am
See related Grits posts:Institutional 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 processCasting light on Texas clemency decisionsPublic tired of Willie Horton? [read post]
24 Dec 2010, 6:04 am
Reading about these institutional dynamics made me consider the position of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles as a de facto, semi-autonomous appendage of the Department of Criminal Justice. [read post]
23 Dec 2010, 10:32 am
The National Parole Board has granted more than 400,000 pardons since 1970. [read post]
23 Dec 2010, 5:46 am
Ruckman who writes the blog Pardon Power got in a good one: "In Texas, the Board of Pardons and Paroles would seem to give the governor a kind of political cover, since he can’t grant a pardon without their recommendation. [read post]
21 Dec 2010, 9:24 am
The state's attorney general's office, representing Perry, said the memo was protected under attorney-client privilege, and that the supporting documents from the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles were confidential under the law. [read post]
21 Dec 2010, 8:31 am
"I'm not holding my breath for Governor Perry to begin to make clemency a more meaningful remedy for "government overreach," but there's a strong case to be made that he can and should treat the pardon power as more than just a token Christmastime genuflection to values of mercy and forgiveness, which are then ignored in practice throughout the rest of the year.RELATED: How the Grinch stole clemency: Christmastime pardons trivialize processUPDATE: Via… [read post]
8 Dec 2010, 1:45 pm
Similarly, when Cameron Todd Willingham was executed, the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole and Gov. [read post]
8 Dec 2010, 4:44 am
Take a look:Clearly 2003 was the high-water mark for Perry pardons, with 73 clemency requests granted out of 90 recommended by the Board of Pardons and Paroles, including pardons for 35 people convicted in the notorious "Tulia drug stings" and others from the Dallas fake drug scandal. [read post]
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Utah Board of Pardons & Parole, but Were Afraid to Ask.
20 Nov 2010, 8:21 am
Who created the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole? [read post]
18 Nov 2010, 4:57 am
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]
12 Nov 2010, 8:17 am
And gubernatorial clemency - even when stays or pardons are recommended by the Board of Pardons and Paroles - doesn't happen often and fails to provide adequate remedy for false convictions.Since Jones is dead, the only way to benefit from re-vetting the facts of the case will come from whatever steps are taken to ensure similar errors don't recur. [read post]
5 Nov 2010, 6:15 pm
I applied for and received a full state pardon from the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles in January 2007. [read post]
26 Oct 2010, 4:41 pm
They must not answer the door unless it's to a law enforcement officer or an emergency responder, said Steve Hayes, spokesman for the state Board of Pardons and Paroles, which supervises about 500 paroled sex offenders. [read post]
