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23 Dec 2009, 5:50 am
In 2007 and 2009 the Texas Lege invested significantly in treatment programs in and out of prison (to avoid even more expensive new prison building), and now that those resources are available the parole board has been releasing those sorts of petty offenders at higher rates.I was citing those stats from memory, but looking at the Board of Pardons and Paroles' annual report (pdf), I was pretty close. [read post]
15 Dec 2009, 1:51 pm
Unmoved by Hurst's report, the Board of Pardons and Paroles denied a petition to stay the execution. [read post]
14 Dec 2009, 4:02 pm
 Nor does it require every governor to issue frequent pardons. [read post]
13 Dec 2009, 6:03 am
The state DOC is working with the state Board of Pardons and Paroles to recruit nursing homes, assisted-living facilities and other organizations interested in housing offenders upon release from prison. [read post]
8 Dec 2009, 2:30 am
After every biennial legislative session, the Board of Pardons and Parole must identify all new felonies created by the Texas Legislature and assign each offense a "severity" level for purposes of inmate classification and to guide future release decisions. [read post]
7 Dec 2009, 3:22 pm
He didn't order him paroled, but his action made him eligible for parole earlier, and the parole board unanimously decided to release him, after serving 11 years. [read post]
3 Dec 2009, 6:12 pm
That reprieve was lifted in October, and this week, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles voted unanimously to reject a clemency request. [read post]
3 Dec 2009, 9:40 am
That reprieve was lifted in October and this week, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles voted unanimously to reject a clemency request. [read post]
2 Dec 2009, 12:50 pm
The parole board will recommend whether Gov. [read post]
2 Dec 2009, 9:58 am
According to the "Offense Severity List" from the Board of Pardons and Parole, as a result of new laws passed by the 81st legislature, Texas now has 2,383 separate felonies on the books - an increase of 59 compared to the 2,324 they counted in 2007. [read post]
2 Dec 2009, 9:08 am
Yesterday afternoon, the Board of Pardons and Paroles rejected clemency in his case. [read post]
2 Dec 2009, 8:50 am
Attorneys for Woods have asked the Board of Pardons and Paroles for a stay of execution or clemency. [read post]
1 Dec 2009, 3:14 pm
UPDATE: The Board of Pardons and Paroles has denied Woods’ clemency request, lawyer Maurie Levin said. [read post]
1 Dec 2009, 12:23 pm
Accusing Alley of failing to fully and properly plead the inmate’s mental disability case in state and federal appeals, Levin is asking the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to recommend a 60-day reprieve so members can judge for themselves whether Woods is mentally competent for execution. [read post]
30 Nov 2009, 12:44 pm
Arkansas parole board documents show that he was back in prison by September 2001. [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, 8:33 am
My colleague, Rodney Brown and I, recently persuaded the Board of Pardons and Paroles to recommend sparing the life of our client, Robert Lee Thompson. [read post]
25 Nov 2009, 11:39 am
Unable to raise a mental retardation claim with the courts at this late stage, Woods’ new attorney, Maurie Levin, must rely on the good graces of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, and Governor Rick Perry, to commute his sentence, or at least to grant a 60 day reprieve to allow Levin more time “to adequately present a full picture of his limitations. [read post]
25 Nov 2009, 9:27 am
But after years of being represented by a discredited attorney who ruined any chance for an appeal based on his disabilities, the fate of Bobby Wayne Woods rests with the state Board of Pardons and Paroles which can recommend clemency or a reprieve to Gov. [read post]
24 Nov 2009, 10:43 pm
The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles oversees 365 sex offenders who have been released early and are serving the balance of their sentences on parole. [read post]
