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24 Jun 2011, 9:58 am by Steve Hall
His own faith complicated his defense when he won't talk with investigators from the Parole Board. [read post]
7 Jun 2011, 1:36 pm by Steve Hall
The state Board of Pardons and Paroles had stayed Blankenship's execution in February to allow for DNA testing. [read post]
25 Feb 2011, 1:03 pm by Michael O'Hear
I think one of the most fascinating developments in criminal justice over the course of the past decade has been the reinvigoration of early-release opportunities for prison inmates -- parole and parole-like mechanisms. [read post]
25 Feb 2011, 12:12 pm by Michael M. O'Hear
Alabama 2008: established new program permitting early release of certain older inmates with serious medical conditions[1] Arkansas 2003: authorized early release of nonviolent offenders to reduce prison overcrowding[2] 2005: authorized transfer of inmates to community-based transitional housing up to one year before parole eligibility[3] California 2009: expanded earned-time opportunities; permitted parole to be granted without a hearing in some cases[4] 2010:… [read post]
25 Feb 2011, 11:26 am by Michael O'Hear
Alabama 2008: established new program permitting early release of certain older inmates with serious medical conditions[1] Arkansas 2003: authorized early release of nonviolent offenders to reduce prison overcrowding[2] 2005: authorized transfer of inmates to community-based transitional housing up to one year before parole eligibility[3] California 2009: expanded earned-time opportunities; permitted parole to be granted without a hearing in some cases[4] 2010:… [read post]
15 Nov 2010, 8:41 am by Jeff Gamso
  The Parole Board said kill, but Ted's ignored the Board's recommendations before. [read post]
29 Aug 2010, 9:23 pm by Steven Drizin
The only good news about this case is that the Otis was released by the State Parole Board after serving only four years of a 10 year sentence, a result which would not have occurred unless the Board had serious qualms about his guilt. [read post]
3 Jun 2010, 12:11 pm by Steve Hall
Steve Long, who was then chairman of the Board of Probation and Parole, said all this was so confidential that he could not even confirm or deny that Walters ever had the conversations with the counselor and parole officer. [read post]
24 May 2010, 9:10 pm by cdw
  DPIC notes that “the Ohio Parole Board recently recommended clemency for death row inmate Richard Nields, who was sentenced to death for killing his live-in girlfriend during an argument in 1997. [read post]
10 Jan 2010, 7:11 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Since becoming President, Barack Obama has issued more pardons to Thanksgiving turkeys than to ex-offenders.As Texas Governor, Rick Perry has not completely sidelined his pardon power, but he has used it quite sparingly and refused to offer clemency to the majority of offenders for whom the Board of Pardons and Parole recommended it during his tenure. [read post]
14 Dec 2009, 4:02 pm
 That’s the lesson everyone seems to have drawn from the dreadful case of Maurice Clemmons, an Arkansas native who murdered four Lakewood, Wash., police officers over Thanksgiving weekend â€" nine years after Mike Huckabee, then governor, commuted his sentence and the Arkansas parole board set him free. [read post]
7 Dec 2009, 3:22 pm
It did not parole him, as governors do not have that power in Arkansas. [read post]
30 Nov 2009, 12:19 pm
And, on Huckabee's explanations: Instead of saying, "Yes, I believed Dumond should have been paroled, his sentence was too long, there were doubts about his guilt and I made my thoughts known to the parole board," Huckabee is all over the map, saying he didn't know a lot about the case; he denied clemency and didn't pressure the parole board; it's former Lt. [read post]
30 Nov 2009, 6:42 am
AP Report LITTLE ROCK-A spokeswoman for the state prison system says the Arkansas Board of Corrections has approved early parole hearings for 648 inmates in an effort to ease prison crowding. [read post]
24 Nov 2009, 5:53 am by Gritsforbreakfast
" As a consequence, "the Arkansas Board of Corrections has approved early parole hearings for 648 inmates in an effort to ease prison crowding. [read post]
8 Nov 2009, 7:13 am
The fine does not apply if the offender's conduct results in his conviction for a new criminal offense or if his parole or probation is revoked because of it (Danbury City Ord. [read post]
23 Mar 2009, 1:26 pm
Boaz, No. 07-3918 Conviction for firearms possession is affirmed where: 1) district court did not err in determining defendant's prior Arkansas felony conviction qualified as a predicate offense under 18 U.S.C. sec. 922(g)(1); and 2) preponderance of the evidence was the correct standard for determining that defendant had three predicate violent felonies for purposes of 18 U.S.C. sec. 924(e). [read post]
8 Sep 2008, 6:09 pm
Last month, the state Parole Board voted 4-3 to recommend that Gov. [read post]