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9 Jun 2014, 9:01 pm by Sherry F. Colb
Dissenting on a Different Wavelength Justice Alito’s dissent plainly conveys the fact that neither he nor his fellow dissenters are on board with the majority’s newfound empathy for the condemned. [read post]
21 Jan 2014, 4:45 am by Michael
   The bad news is that if a person when to prison, which results in parole, they will never be eligible for expungement. [read post]
A majority of Boston residents support a life sentence for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, if he were convicted in the Boston marathon bombing. 3… The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles posthumously pardoned three of the nine Scottsboro Boys, the only ones who had not already been pardoned or had the charges against them dropped. [read post]
30 Apr 2013, 6:48 am by Sarah Erickson-Muschko
Florida, in which the Court held that the sentencing of a minor convicted of a non-homicide crime to life in prison without the possibility of parole violated the Eighth Amendment. [read post]
21 Mar 2013, 1:51 pm by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
In addition, medical marijuana bills are in play in Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky (SB 11), New Hampshire, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, and West Virginia. [read post]
20 Jul 2012, 1:23 pm by Steve Hall
Only the Board of Pardons and Parole can stop his execution now. [read post]
18 Jul 2012, 7:54 am by Steve Hall
On Monday, the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles rejected clemency for Mr. [read post]
17 Jul 2012, 12:54 pm by Matt Murphy
The Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole has unfortunately already denied Hill relief. [read post]
16 Jul 2012, 7:46 am by Steve Hall
The State Board of Pardons and Paroles on Monday denied clemency to a man whose lawyer says is mentally disabled and should not be executed. [read post]
9 Jul 2012, 8:01 am by Steve Hall
Kammer said he will ask the State Board of Pardons and Paroles to grant Hill clemency. [read post]
4 Jun 2012, 11:48 am by Rekha Arulanantham
The legislature passed HB 543, which will allow prisoners serving life sentences for nonviolent crimes to go before a parole board to prove they are ready for release. [read post]
31 May 2012, 9:25 am by Jeff Gamso
"  Not insane when he killed, competent to be killed.So off with his head.The Parole Board, as you know, voted two weeks ago that he should be killed. [read post]
3 May 2012, 1:43 pm by CJLF Staff
Montana Board Hears Mercy Case for Canadian on Death Row: David Murray of the Great Falls Tribune reports convicted murderer Ronald Smith, who has admitted to being the gunman in two 1982 murders, had his clemency hearing before the Montana Board of Pardons and Parole Wednesday, asking to have his death sentence commuted to life without the possibility of parole. [read post]
15 Apr 2012, 10:34 pm by Jeff Gamso
"In the legal ethics biz (yes, Virginia, there are legal ethics), this is a no no. [read post]
11 Apr 2012, 11:09 am by Charles Johnson
While these factors contribute to a lack of consistency when dealing with probation and parole, the primary obstacle to detailing specific state protocols is that the practice of granting probation and/or parole at the state level is dependent on the discretionary powers of select individuals, such as the prosecutor, the judicial authority, and the parole board, to name just a few. [read post]
15 Mar 2012, 7:47 am by Kiran Bhat
Alabama, scheduled for argument next Tuesday; she urges the Justices to hold that juveniles cannot be sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. [read post]
1 Mar 2012, 1:12 pm by Suzanne Ito
In 2009, PETA sought to rent out a prison in Virginia and turn it into a "chicken empathy museum. [read post]