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21 May 2012, 12:54 pm by Steve Hall
Under state law, he must have a recommendation from the Ohio Parole Board before acting. [read post]
20 Apr 2012, 11:42 am by Steve Hall
The move by the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles to reduce Daniel Greene's death sentence to life in prison without parole came days after the board stayed his execution. [read post]
20 Apr 2012, 6:28 am by Gritsforbreakfast
 But I have never been free.Two months later, DNA evidence proved my innocence.Because I pleaded no-contest to the murder, I cannot be declared actually innocent unless the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommends to Governor Rick Perry that I be pardoned and Texas Governor Rick Perry agrees and sets me free.Without being exonerated, I feel I am still in a Texas prison.Please sign my petition and ask the… [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]
3 Apr 2012, 11:09 am by Steve Hall
And: The Pardon and Parole Board recommended 4-1 that the governor commute Allen's sentence to life in prison without parole. [read post]
26 Mar 2012, 10:08 am by Jeff Gamso
Later, at the parole hearing, his lawyers told the Board the same thing. [read post]
14 Mar 2012, 12:08 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Representatives from the Board of Pardons and Paroles participate in the conference to address issues relating to the parole approval process. [read post]
28 Feb 2012, 2:26 pm by Steve Hall
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has rejected a clemency request. [read post]
28 Feb 2012, 6:15 am by Gritsforbreakfast
SCOTUS chickened out on addressing perhaps the most high-stakes question in constitutional law, which leaves the matter in the hands of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, and thereafter quite literally at the mercy of the Board of Pardons and Paroles and Gov. [read post]
20 Feb 2012, 11:24 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The Dallas News reports ("Fewer seriously ill Texas inmates being released on medical paroles," Feb. 20) that medical parole rates are at their lowest in years and that Texas' Board of Pardons and Paroles may approve fewer medical paroles in FY 2012 (they'll hit 33, at the current rate) than at any time in recent memory, despite TDCJ facing prison healthcare costs more than nine figures greater than the… [read post]
9 Feb 2012, 1:01 pm by Steve Hall
But the state's pardon and parole board recommended his death sentence be commuted to life in prison. [read post]
24 Jan 2012, 12:14 pm by Steve Hall
UPDATE - AP reports, "Texas parole board won't block Thursday execution. [read post]
19 Jan 2012, 8:00 am by Steve Hall
Huntsville lawyer Bill Habern made his unusual request in a three-page letter to Rissie Owens, chairwoman of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
18 Jan 2012, 7:56 am by Steve Hall
Related posts are in the Texas Board of Pardons & Paroles index. [read post]
12 Jan 2012, 8:42 am by AskPat
., M.L.S.The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has now issued the forms and some vague guidelines on how to apply for a pardon of deferred adjudication cases. [read post]
22 Dec 2011, 7:00 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
In part, this is because it is run by elected politicians or—in the case of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles—political appointees who are subject to, and sometimes swayed by, public opinion. [read post]
18 Dec 2011, 1:12 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
" Since Perry usually grants pardons to about 3% of those requesting them, but some years granted up to 10%, Grits argued back in October that Perry could use Christmastime clemency to separate himself from the other presidential candidates:In the past, Perry has rejected about 2/3 of clemency recommendations from the Texas Board of  Pardons and Parole. [read post]
18 Dec 2011, 6:28 am by Gritsforbreakfast
He's outlived most or all his immediate family.His parole was approved in April, with the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles considering his recent history of good behavior, his age and declining health. [read post]
15 Dec 2011, 3:30 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The agency ends the year leaderless, with the new board expected to select an executive director in January.Parole board defies courts on 'Condition X': Throughout the year, federal and state judges repeatedly ordered the Board of Pardons and Paroles to cease assigning sex offender conditions ("Condition X") to parolees who were never convicted of a sex crime. [read post]