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6 Apr 2011, 3:07 am by Sinead Ring
His only remaining hope is that the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Parole will listen to his pleas (and those of his many supporters, including former US president Jimmy Carter, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Pope Benedict XVI) for clemency. [read post]
3 Apr 2011, 2:07 pm by Howard Friedman
LEXIS 32385 (D UT, March 25, 2011), a Utah federal district court dismissed a series of claims by an inmate charging the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole with considering religion in making parole decisions and in favoring members of the Mormon church.In Silvagnoli v. [read post]
28 Mar 2011, 9:49 am by Steve Hall
“The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles, as the final fail-safe, has the opportunity to commute his sentence to life and prevent the possibility of executing an innocent person. [read post]
21 Jan 2011, 8:13 am by Steve Hall
Hammond's lawyers have decided not to ask the state Board of Pardons and Paroles to stop his execution, scheduled for Tuesday at 7 p.m., for the 1988 abduction and murder of Julie Love in a case that gained wide publicity at the time. [read post]
21 Dec 2010, 8:31 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Justice Department and author of a book on state pardons, said Georgia is near the top of a group of 17 states that grant a substantial number of pardons each year. [read post]
26 Oct 2010, 4:41 pm by Admin
They must not answer the door unless it's to a law enforcement officer or an emergency responder, said Steve Hayes, spokesman for the state Board of Pardons and Paroles, which supervises about 500 paroled sex offenders. [read post]
3 Sep 2010, 8:48 am by Terry Lenamon
  The clemency power sets not with the Governor, but instead with the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
1 Sep 2010, 10:52 am by Christine Dowling
  One former member of the state's pardons and parole board said that the events often provide some relief to victims and help them on their paths to recovery. [read post]
23 May 2010, 2:15 pm by ZMan!
The state Board of Pardons and Paroles still can award early release to most inmates not convicted of one of the Seven Deadly Sins. [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]
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]
13 Dec 2009, 6:03 am by Ray Mullman
   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]
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]
6 Nov 2009, 7:58 am
” The report was sent to Governor Rick Perry and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles with Willingham's appeal for clemency. [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]
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]
24 Apr 2009, 9:16 am
Henry's term in office, the State Pardon and Parole Board has recommended clemency for five death row inmates, but he has approved only two, commuting the sentences to life in prison without parole," the release stated. [read post]
16 Apr 2009, 6:51 pm
On Thursday, the two-judge majority noted that state courts and the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles had exhaustively reviewed Davis' claims and rejected them. [read post]
15 Mar 2009, 6:46 pm
SB 136: Require the Department of Corrections and the State Board of Pardons and Paroles to participate in the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Rapid Removal of Eligible Parolees Accepted for Transfer (REPAT) Program. [read post]