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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]
12 Oct 2009, 11:48 am
Also, call the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles at 512-406-5852 or fax 512-467-0945 and tell them to grant Reginald Blanton clemency. [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]
9 Oct 2009, 6:07 am
10-9-2009 Texas:Attorneys Bill Habern and Richard Gladden won a major victory this week in their battle with the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole for due process for sex offenders. [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 court. [read post]
2 Oct 2009, 6:45 am
Governor Perry (and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles) signed off on Willingham’s execution back in 2004, despite having in hand a report challenging the fire investigations as “junk science,” and the Governor has publicly challenged Beyler’s credibility, referring to him and others who have looked at the case as “supposed experts. [read post]
21 Sep 2009, 8:12 am
"The Board of Pardons and Paroles, appointed by the governor, had rejected the appeal his lawyers had filed three days earlier. [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
Why are the members of the Nebraska Pardons Board having to take countless pardon applications for minor crimes? [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
The Austin Statesman's Mike Ward brings word ("Court cases forcing change at parole agency," Aug. 31) of a recent clash between US District Judge Sam Sparks and an attorney from the Board of Pardons and Parole:U.S. [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]
