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20 Jul 2010, 6:08 pm
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals rejected an appeal Monday, and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles turned down a clemency request. [read post]
9 Dec 2011, 7:02 am
Also on the agenda: HB 142: Review of Advisory Councils and Reports, including testimony from State Court Administrator Beth McLaughlin, as to which advisory councils/reports should be retained and which should be eliminated Public Defender System SJR 29: Restorative Justice Agency oversight, including the Board of Pardons and Parole & Department of Corrections Update on Legislative Finance Committee performance measures The December 16 meeting will focus on: Jail… [read post]
19 May 2009, 12:45 am
I'd seen this article in her hometown paper declaring Shanda Perkins, who the Texas Senate recently rejected by a 27-4 margin for a $95K per year slot on the Board of Pardons and Parole, thought there was still a chance for her nomination to get through this session, but it seemed like piling on to make too much of it. [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]
7 May 2010, 7:37 pm
UTAH BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLE (Utah) U.S. v. [read post]
8 Nov 2019, 3:31 pm
On the same day that 16 Texas senators wrote a bipartisan letter urging Governor Abbott and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to stop Reed’s execution, the Polk County Republican Party wrote a letter calling on Bastrop County District Attorney Bryan Goertz to “cancel the November 20 execution date, test all the evidence, and initiate a new trial. [read post]
6 Aug 2007, 1:30 pm
Ajc.com writes: Last month, the State Board of Pardons and Paroles temporarily halted his execution, just 24 hours before it was to be carried out...And on Friday, the Georgia Supreme Court granted Davis a rare opportunity to make his case for a new trial. [read post]
16 Sep 2011, 5:32 am
"The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles was given petitions with more than 660,000 names of people asking that Troy Davis be spared from execution, scheduled for Wednesday. [read post]
13 Sep 2011, 2:02 pm
The way it works in Texas, the Governor can grant clemency only if his hand picked parole board recommends it.This afternoon, the Parole Board said no. [read post]
26 Mar 2012, 10:08 am
Later, at the parole hearing, his lawyers told the Board the same thing. [read post]
16 Jun 2010, 10:51 am
He did not return phone calls from CNN seeking comment.Gardner's lawyers have launched an aggressive scramble in state and federal courts, as well as the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole, to at least postpone the execution.A federal judge late Tuesday refused to block it, after Gardner claimed the procedures related to a two-day commutation hearing held by the board last week violated his civil rights. [read post]
20 Jul 2008, 4:24 am
Please contactGovernor Perry and the Texas Board of Pardon and Paroles on behalf of Jeff Wood. [read post]
12 Sep 2011, 5:11 pm
In Georgia we have the Board of Pardons and Parole. [read post]
30 Aug 2007, 3:52 am
Rick Perry said he'll spare Kenneth Foster from hisscheduled execution Thursday night and commute his sentence to life.In doing so, Perry accepts a recommendation from the Texas Board of Pardonsand Paroles, which voted 6-1 today to urge the commutation.Foster had faced execution Thursday night in Huntsville for being thegetaway driver in the 1996 attempted robbery and murder of Michael LaHood inSan Antonio.Perry didn't have to accept the highly unusual … [read post]
7 Sep 2011, 10:36 am
Sign our petition to the Board of Pardons & Paroles urging them to grant clemency! [read post]
26 Feb 2009, 8:25 am
But, senators, I beg your pardon, you need a closer look on this one. [read post]
21 Sep 2011, 10:39 am
Georgia is on course to execute Troy Davis this evening, following yesterday’s decision by the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles to deny clemency. [read post]
3 Nov 2021, 8:34 am
Last month, the Oklahoma Pardon and Paroles Board held a commutation hearing and, for the first time in its long history, recommended commuting Mr. [read post]
20 Jun 2009, 12:04 am
I am also directing DFPS, through its parental advisory committee, to develop and recommend statewide procedures to follow when seeking court orders to aid investigations, while protecting the rights of parents and families.No tinkering with parole mechanicsSB 1206 by Hinojosa/Edwards would have authorized TDCJ to release inmates when they'd completed conditions for parole specified by the Board of Pardons and Paroles. [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]
