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26 Jun 2012, 8:02 am by Steve Hall
Monday's ruling should lead to new punishment hearings for these individuals. [read post]
25 Jun 2012, 2:10 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
They're not eligible for the juvenile max sentence (which makes them parole eligible after 40 years), and both the death penalty and life without parole have been taken off the table by the US Supreme Court. [read post]
12 Jun 2012, 4:56 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Mike Ward at the Statesman has more coverage of the recent TDCJ Sunset hearing, though IMO he overstates the chance that the parole board's authority will be substantially expanded. [read post]
10 Jun 2012, 6:56 pm by Ken
Parole Commission determined when federal prisoners were released on parole, and supervised them after they got out. [read post]
8 Jun 2012, 12:20 pm by Kent Scheidegger
  Courts have no more expertise than parole boards in making these determinations. [read post]
5 Jun 2012, 7:26 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
John Whitmire made some strong points while parole board chair Rissie Owens was testifying, complaining that TDCJ failed to provide treatment for prisoners until the parole board ordered it as a condition of release. [read post]
4 Jun 2012, 11:48 am by Rekha Arulanantham
The legislature passed HB 543, which will allow prisoners serving life sentences for nonviolent crimes to go before a parole board to prove they are ready for release. [read post]
4 Jun 2012, 10:43 am by Steve Hall
The parole board voted 8-1 against a recommendation for clemency to Gov. [read post]
30 May 2012, 5:45 pm by ebcarpenter
These days the rules have changed, and it has become tougher for incarcerated criminals to even win a hearing before the board. [read post]
30 May 2012, 5:34 am
Parole Boards are disbanded and shamed if they release someone and something goes wrong. [read post]
28 May 2012, 8:01 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The same goes for political opposition to mandatory minimums: Even if Congress or state legislatures were to reduce or eliminate mandatory minimums, it would require clemency by executives or state parole boards to affect the many thousands already incarcerated under such terms. [read post]
26 May 2012, 5:24 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The Commission's report - which encompasses the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the Board of Pardons and Paroles, the Windham School District, and the Correctional Managed Health Care Committee - makes various recommendations with which TCJC agrees. [read post]
25 May 2012, 11:56 am by Rekha Arulanantham
This bill only gives the offender a hearing before the Parole Board, and does not guarantee they will be released from prison. [read post]
24 May 2012, 7:10 pm by ebcarpenter
Some criminal justice experts believe life without parole should be reserved for heinous murders, solely as an alternative to the death penalty. [read post]
22 May 2012, 1:31 pm by Steve Hall
The Montana Board of Pardons and Paroles is recommending against allowing Ronald Smith to live out the rest of his life at the state prison — despite his emotional apology from Smith at his clemency hearing earlier this month. [read post]
22 May 2012, 12:25 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Nobody seems to know for sure, but everyone agrees it's more than the number for which the parole board could reasonably hold individualized hearings. [read post]