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27 Feb 2018, 8:31 am
Texas Governor Spares The Life of Death Row Inmate Thomas Whitaker It’s extremely rare for the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to recommend a lesser sentence for a death row inmate facing execution but it happened this month. [read post]
21 Feb 2018, 5:02 am
The Texas Board of Pardon and Paroles yesterday unanimously recommended clemency for Thomas Bartlett Whitaker, the first time in a decade the BPP has recommended against a death sentence. [read post]
3 Feb 2018, 8:31 am
Why should the Board of Pardons and Paroles change your son's sentence? [read post]
20 Dec 2017, 10:08 am
Greg Abbott’s pardon board requesting that Wood’s death sentence be commuted to life imprisonment because “the penalty now appears to be unfair. [read post]
4 Dec 2017, 11:46 am
In 2016, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals unanimously ruled in Ex Parte Antonio Sepeda that habeas corpus writs were the "proper remedy" to compel the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole to comply with state statutes. [read post]
12 Jul 2017, 12:25 pm
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles decides when an inmate serving a prison sentence is suitable for community release. [read post]
12 Jul 2017, 12:25 pm
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles decides when an inmate serving a prison sentence is suitable for community release. [read post]
16 Jan 2017, 10:10 am
Alternatively, you may be able to get a pardon from the Texas Governor (but that takes some doing, namely a written recommendation from the Board of Pardons and Paroles). [read post]
8 Jan 2017, 10:47 am
"In 2006, the Board of Pardons and Paroles revoked over ten thousand offenders. [read post]
7 Sep 2016, 12:51 pm
There has only been one other time in the past 20 years that a gap of more than five months between executions in Texas has happened, which was between September 2007 and June 2008.Woman who Killed Newborn has Sentence Commuted: A Connecticut woman who is serving an 18-year sentence for killing her baby shortly after its birth a decade ago has had her sentence commuted Wednesday by the state Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
19 May 2016, 4:50 am
And the number of inmates whose cases are reviewed and the outcomes can be determined from Board of Pardons and Parole reporting. [read post]
10 May 2016, 3:59 am
Lynch, April 25, 2016 "States Examine Policies, Conditions for Solitary Confinement in Prisons," Interim News, House Research Organization, February 17, 2016 "Darrington Seminary Graduates First Class of Ministers," Criminal Justice Connections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, May/June 2015 Statewide Criminal and Juvenile Justice Recidivism and Revocation Rates, Legislative Budget Board, February 2015 Offender Reentry: Correctional Statistics,… [read post]
28 Apr 2016, 12:13 pm
Immigration and Customs Enforcement released criminal aliens at its own discretion.GA Executes Man for Triple Slaying: After the State Board of Pardons and Paroles declined Tuesday to spare the life of a death row inmate, Georgia executed him Wednesday evening. [read post]
12 Mar 2016, 8:50 am
Though his record so far does not leave one sanguine that this may happen, the Board of Pardons and Paroles and Governor Abbott should step in to pardon the Kellers for innocence. [read post]
9 Jan 2016, 2:49 pm
Rick Perry rejected two thirds of positive recommendations he received from his appointees on the Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
23 Dec 2015, 5:13 am
For instance, Virginia in 2012 granted geriatric release to less than 1 percent of about 800 prisoners eligible, according to the state parole board. [read post]
13 Oct 2015, 1:25 pm
If the Board of Pardons and Paroles grants the application, it is sent to the Governor for his review. [read post]
9 Feb 2015, 12:48 pm
But Spencer’s hopes were dashed in April 2011 when the Court of Criminal Appeals rejected the judge’s findings.Spencer’s new plea will go to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, which will make a recommendation to Abbott. [read post]
27 Jan 2015, 6:40 am
Texas' longest serving governor rejected two-thirds of recommendations for clemency sent to him by the Board of Pardons and Paroles, for the most part allowing the constitutional pardon power to atrophy on his watch. [read post]
18 Jan 2015, 7:11 am
The Texas House Corrections Committee this week put out its interim report (pdf) covering the following topics:Oversight of TDCJ, the Board of Pardons and Paroles, and TJJDReview of mental health services in the justice systemEvaluate 'pay for performance' model for privatizing juvenile justiceSchool discipline and the criminal justice systemThere's a decent overview of operations of monitored agencies, including a good discussion of administrative… [read post]
