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14 Jun 2011, 2:38 pm
At a time when state prisons are packed way beyond capacity and state budgets are stretched beyond the breaking point, every state should allow elderly inmates the opportunity to present their case to a parole board and be evaluated for release. [read post]
6 Jun 2011, 1:06 pm
Tomorrow, the Louisiana House will vote on House Bill 138, which would give individuals age 60 or older the right to a hearing before a parole board. [read post]
20 Jun 2011, 2:27 pm
The Louisiana Senate has just passed H.B. 138, which will enable some prisoners to go before a parole board upon turning 60. [read post]
7 Jun 2011, 6:11 am
Tomorrow, the Louisiana House will vote on House Bill 138, which would give individuals age 60 or older the right to a hearing before a parole board. [read post]
5 Jun 2012, 2:52 pm
The United States, led by the State of Louisiana, should not be the world's largest incarcerator. [read post]
18 Oct 2020, 8:55 pm
From Louisiana, "Black man serving life sentence for stealing hedge clippers granted parole. [read post]
24 May 2011, 2:26 pm
But a light shines in Louisiana: House Bill 138, which would give individuals age 60 or older the right to a hearing before a parole board. [read post]
12 Jun 2012, 5:03 pm
The existing parole board will cease to exist. [read post]
30 Jul 2023, 9:01 pm
”Edwards’s statement was a significant development in the ongoing struggle to end the death penalty in this country even though, unlike Texas, Oklahoma, or other states in the region, Louisiana has not executed anyone in more than a decade.His words prompted 51 of the 57 people on his state’s death row to act in unison and file clemency petitions with the Board of Pardons and Committee on Paroles on June 13. [read post]
12 Nov 2023, 9:01 pm
Last week, a federal district court in Louisiana refused to grant a preliminary injunction in a case brought by death row inmates alleging violations of due process and equal protection after the State Board of Pardons and Paroles decided not to hold hearings on their requests for clemency. [read post]
20 Sep 2023, 10:19 am
To avoid further injustice, residents of Louisiana must urge the Louisiana Parole Board to hold clemency hearings now and recommend clemency to the Governor so that the Governor can commute death sentences to life in prison before he leaves office in January 2024. [read post]
9 Dec 2011, 7:02 am
Also on the agenda: HB 142: Review of Advisory Councils and Reports, including testimony from State Court Administrator Beth McLaughlin, as to which advisory councils/reports should be retained and which should be eliminated Public Defender System SJR 29: Restorative Justice Agency oversight, including the Board of Pardons and Parole & Department of Corrections Update on Legislative Finance Committee performance measures The December 16 meeting will focus on: Jail… [read post]
30 May 2012, 5:45 pm
A proposal to merge the Pardon Board with the Parole Board was endorsed by the state Sentencing Commission and is on the verge of passing the Legislature. [read post]
24 May 2012, 7:10 pm
Louisiana leads the nation in the percentage of its citizens serving life without parole, fueling the state’s world-leading incarceration rate. [read post]
21 Jun 2016, 9:01 pm
Louisiana that Miller v. [read post]
5 Jun 2012, 7:05 pm
But in Louisiana, the system has grown so that sheriffs house a lot of inmates who are serving state sentences. [read post]
25 May 2012, 6:10 pm
There was good reason to get sheriffs and district attorneys on board early. [read post]
31 Aug 2009, 12:16 pm
After several days of listening to attorneys for the State of Texas defend the state parole board's operations, he became exasperated by the testimony of a parole board lawyer. [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]
10 Feb 2013, 6:42 am
Juries could still authorize a life sentence and decades down the line the parole board could assess their dangerousness. [read post]
