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5 May 2010, 10:03 am by Shouse Law Group
Last week the Nevada Pardons Board denied parole to an inmate who pleaded guilty to DUI causing death back in 2001. [read post]
1 May 2010, 8:10 pm by ZMan!
The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles found that each time an offender moves, the likelihood that they will reoffend increases 25%.[1] Just this month; Matthew Cate, Secretary of California's Board of Corrections and Rehabilitation, reported that more than 2100 sex-offender parolee/probationers are transient and another 900 are "at large". [read post]
30 Apr 2010, 3:47 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Dora Olivo; Brendolyn Rogers Johnson, a former member of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles; and James P. [read post]
23 Apr 2010, 1:08 pm by Steve Hall
Gardner could also ask the Board of Pardons and Parole to reduce his sentence to life in prison, a request that must be made by May 4.The board can temporarily stop an execution to "fully hear" a commutation request, but attorneys for the state have said they believe there will be enough time for a hearing without a delay. [read post]
12 Apr 2010, 11:54 am
Owens, No. 09-50047 In an action claiming that officials from the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice committed procedural due process violations after the Board of Pardons and Paroles imposed sex offender special conditions on plaintiff's parole, summary judgment for plaintiff is reversed where, because plaintiff was indeed a sex offender, he failed to show that he had a liberty interest… [read post]
5 Apr 2010, 6:20 pm by cdw
The governor wanted to allow more time to review the recommendation of the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board that Smith’s death sentence be commuted, and to meet with prosecution and defense attorneys to hear their perspectives. [read post]
2 Apr 2010, 8:40 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Dallas sent 7,383 people to prison and saw 7,432 return.Overall, though, the trend is headed in the opposite direction after a 2008 dip in inmate numbers; TDCJ received 520 more prisoners in FY 2009 than it released.Keeping prisons full is for the most part a choice by the Board of Pardons and Paroles: 64% of inmates in TDCJ's institutional division are eligible for parole - more than 88,000 people.TDCJ inmates released in 2009 (excluding those in state jail,… [read post]
1 Apr 2010, 8:07 am by Steve Hall
Perry's office was inundated with letters from people asking him to grant a 30-day reprieve (the only power he has, absent a recommendation from the Board of Pardons and Paroles to commute or block the execution, which the board declined to make in Skinner's case), and his official Facebook page was overrun with messages imploring him to do the same. [read post]
26 Mar 2010, 9:05 am by Brian Evans
   In addition to the Pardon and Parole Board, six of the jurors who originally sentenced Mr. [read post]
24 Mar 2010, 4:41 pm by Jeralyn
The Texas Board of Pardons and Parole has denied Skinner's request for DNA testing that is now available but wasn't at the time of his trial. [read post]
24 Mar 2010, 3:32 pm by Steve Hall
  Skinner is seeking DNA testing of evidence in his case, which his lawyers say will demonstrate his innocence.Earlier this week the Board of Pardons and Paroles rejected a reprieve for Skinner. [read post]
24 Mar 2010, 11:39 am by Steve Hall
If the high court denies Skinner's request to review the case, the decision falls to Perry, according to David Protess, a Northwestern University professor and director of the university's Medill Innocence Project, which has investigated Skinner's case.On Monday, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended Perry reject a reprieve for Skinner on a unanimous vote and also voted against granting Skinner's request for a commutation of his death… [read post]
24 Mar 2010, 7:57 am by Steve Hall
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles yesterday denied Skinner's application for a reprieve. [read post]
24 Mar 2010, 4:24 am
Skinner asked the Texas Board of Pardon and Paroles, but they said "no. [read post]
23 Mar 2010, 8:22 pm by cdw
In one of the more high profile executions in the last few years, Monday the Board of Pardons and Paroles rejected a 60-day reprieve for Hank Skinner to allow time for DNA testing. [read post]
23 Mar 2010, 1:06 pm by Suzanne Ito, ACLU
Yesterday, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles rejected Skinner's request for a reprieve while this DNA evidence is tested. [read post]
23 Mar 2010, 9:09 am by Jeff Gamso
  It doesn't make for good press.Good enough for the Board of Pardons and Paroles, though, it seems. [read post]
23 Mar 2010, 8:19 am by Steve Hall
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles decided against Skinner on Monday, which means a temporary reprieve by the governor may be the last chance to buy time to carry out critical forensic tests. [read post]