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3 May 2011, 7:50 am by Steve Hall
Last week, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals refused an appeal from Kerr and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles turned down a clemency request. [read post]
1 Apr 2011, 8:59 am by CJLF Staff
Alabama Governor Robert Bentley also declined to grant clemency. [read post]
29 Mar 2011, 7:59 am by Steve Hall
Boyd's death sentence is invalid because the trial court's override of the jury's verdict for life without parole did not comply with requirements of Alabama and federal law," the motion read. [read post]
3 Mar 2011, 9:19 am by CJLF Staff
  Commissioner Mike Prizmich of the California Board of Parole Hearings noted Sirhan failed to participate in self-help programs and demonstrated immature behavior. [read post]
25 Feb 2011, 1:03 pm by Michael O'Hear
I think one of the most fascinating developments in criminal justice over the course of the past decade has been the reinvigoration of early-release opportunities for prison inmates -- parole and parole-like mechanisms. [read post]
25 Feb 2011, 12:12 pm by Michael M. O'Hear
Alabama 2008: established new program permitting early release of certain older inmates with serious medical conditions[1] Arkansas 2003: authorized early release of nonviolent offenders to reduce prison overcrowding[2] 2005: authorized transfer of inmates to community-based transitional housing up to one year before parole eligibility[3] California 2009: expanded earned-time opportunities; permitted parole to be granted without a hearing in some cases[4] 2010:… [read post]
25 Feb 2011, 11:26 am by Michael O'Hear
Alabama 2008: established new program permitting early release of certain older inmates with serious medical conditions[1] Arkansas 2003: authorized early release of nonviolent offenders to reduce prison overcrowding[2] 2005: authorized transfer of inmates to community-based transitional housing up to one year before parole eligibility[3] California 2009: expanded earned-time opportunities; permitted parole to be granted without a hearing in some cases[4] 2010:… [read post]
12 Dec 2010, 8:28 am by pfriedman
” Where judges are elected and have the power to overrule jury verdicts, as in Alabama, they override and impose the death penalty 10 times more often than they override to impose a punishment other than death. [read post]
5 Nov 2010, 6:15 pm by Record Clearing
I applied for and received a full state pardon from the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles in January 2007. [read post]
24 Aug 2010, 11:33 am by Christine Dowling
Tortured Dog Key Witness in Parole Hearing:  The AP reports that after 8-year-old pit bull "Louis Vuitton" was led into the hearing room, the Alabama Parole Board unanimously voted to deny early release to Juan Daniels. [read post]
24 May 2010, 9:10 pm by cdw
  DPIC notes that “the Ohio Parole Board recently recommended clemency for death row inmate Richard Nields, who was sentenced to death for killing his live-in girlfriend during an argument in 1997. [read post]
24 May 2010, 2:16 am by SOIssues
Georgia A few states allow probation officers to tell a registered offender, on probation or parole, who can live in their home with them, such as a wife or girlfriend. [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]
1 Jan 2010, 3:25 pm by carie
Lamar Alexander to commute her sentence on two grounds: she had been a battered woman and she was suffering from life-threatening cancer.In 1984, Alexander commuted her life sentence to the 15 months she had served after a recommendation from the state parole board, and she was freed. [read post]
3 Dec 2009, 6:12 pm
That reprieve was lifted in October, and this week, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles voted unanimously to reject a clemency request. [read post]
3 Dec 2009, 9:40 am
That reprieve was lifted in October and this week, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles voted unanimously to reject a clemency request. [read post]
10 Nov 2009, 9:26 am
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles last week rejected a request from his lawyers that his death sentence be commuted to life in prison. [read post]
19 Aug 2009, 11:12 pm
In Alabama, for example, good-time is not used for determining parole eligibility at all, it only reduces time spent on parole after release. [read post]