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2 Nov 2009, 8:21 am
A few days before the execution, Perry and the Board of Pardons and Paroles received a report from independent fire expert Gerald Hurst, which said that there was not “a single item of physical evidence†to suggest arson. [read post]
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]
22 Oct 2009, 7:14 pm
Tulsa County sheriff's deputies and state Pardon & Parole Board officers were sent to a house in the 14100 block of East Apache Street to contact _____, 47, Capt. [read post]
19 Oct 2009, 8:15 am
One controversial Perry appointee to the Board of Pardons and Paroles, Shanda Perkins, was rejected by Texas Senators in this year's legislative session, as noted here. [read post]
9 Oct 2009, 10:54 am
Jurors also held Board of Pardon and Paroles Chairman Rissie Owens liable for $21,250 in damages and awarded Curtis Ray Graham attorney's fees that are expected to top $100,000. [read post]
8 Oct 2009, 10:02 pm
Texas' Board of Pardons and Parole violated the rights of an individual who was required to register as a sex offender as a condition of parole, without so much as a hearing, even though he'd never been convicted of a sex crime, a federal jury found yesterday.Even more surprising, the jury held Parole Board Chair Rissie Owens personally liable, while Judge Sam Sparks fined the state's attorney for prejudicial comments in… [read post]
17 Sep 2009, 7:34 am
To date, there have been 38 executions in the nation this year; 1,174 since 1977.The Houston Chronicle reports, "Texas man executed for Houston drug dealer's slaying," by Allen Turner on the execution of Stephen Moody.He had directed his attorneys not to pursue an appeal to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
14 Sep 2009, 7:41 am
Proceedings lasted only two days, and the jury took just an hour to find him guilty.After many unavailing appeals - the last of them to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles which did not even bother to consider a report by the country's leading fire investigator concluding that in all probability the fire was accidental - Willingham was executed by lethal injection in the infamous prison at Huntsville. [read post]
11 Sep 2009, 8:06 am
The Board of Parole may advise the Governor, Attorney General and Secretary of State on the merits of any application for remission, respite, reprieve, pardon or commutation but such advice shall not be binding on them. [read post]
2 Sep 2009, 3:16 pm
Yet after the trial he took the unusual step of asking the Board of Pardons and Paroles to parole Webb. [read post]
2 Sep 2009, 7:47 am
Hurst's report was submitted as part of last-minute appeals to the state Board of Pardons and Paroles and Gov. [read post]
2 Sep 2009, 1:33 am
You may not have the legal authority to unilaterally impose a moratorium, but you can act to create a consensus among judges, district attorneys and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to stop executions. [read post]
1 Sep 2009, 8:45 pm
I doubted their story then but now I have to admit I could have been wrong in light of recent stories that the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles have been imposing the so-called condition "X" on prospective parolees for years without factual or legal basis. [read post]
31 Aug 2009, 12:16 pm
There are two news articles today involving the Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
31 Aug 2009, 8:08 am
After several days of listening to attorneys for the State of Texas defend the state parole board's operations, he became exasperated by the testimony of a parole board lawyer. [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]
19 Aug 2009, 11:12 pm
And there's the rub: The current Board of Pardons and Parole has typically failed to follow its own release guidelines and doesn't systematically reward inmates who participate in programming while incarcerated.According to parole attorney Bill Habern, accrued good time in Texas only benefits non-3(g) offenders (those are people who committed more serious violent crimes), and then its chief function is to expedite an inmate's first consideration by… [read post]
16 Aug 2009, 2:05 am
Last year the Fifth Circuit struck down Junell's routine practice of requiring that ex-offenders could live with no one but a spouse or family members.In a similar vein, as discussed earlier this week, such post-conviction restrictions have become an issue in Texas state-level cases, but frequently the strictures the parole board adds the restrictions as a condition of release instead of having them dictated by a judge or jury at sentencing. [read post]
12 Aug 2009, 3:13 am
District Judge Sam Sparks also voiced frustration with state parole officials for ignoring earlier court decisions and a previous directive by him and ordered the state Board of Pardons and Paroles to review whether to leave parolee Ray Curtis Graham on sex offender restrictions. [read post]
7 Aug 2009, 2:28 am
District Judge Sam Sparks also voiced frustration with state parole officials for ignoring earlier court decisions and a previous directive by him and ordered the state Board of Pardons and Paroles to review whether to leave parolee _____ on sex offender restrictions. [read post]
