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22 May 2012, 12:25 pm
See related Grits posts:Tidbits from the parole board's 'self-evaluation' Federal judge bench slaps parole board over assigning sex-offender conditions without due process Did parole board dawdling create civil liability for Texas on sex-offender conditions? [read post]
12 Aug 2009, 3:13 am
While I was out of town last week, federal District Judge Sam Sparks issued an important ruling criticizing the secretive process by which the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole makes decisions about release conditions for sex offenders. [read post]
25 Sep 2011, 3:52 am
A federal judge on Tuesday issued yet another bench slapping to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles over the BPP's insistence on placing sex-offender conditions on (possibly) thousands of parolees who've never been convicted of a sex crime. [read post]
3 May 2007, 8:29 am
LINKThe Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has recommended that Gov. [read post]
4 Dec 2017, 11:46 am
In 2016, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals unanimously ruled in Ex Parte Antonio Sepeda that habeas corpus writs were the "proper remedy" to compel the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole to comply with state statutes. [read post]
20 Feb 2012, 11:24 am
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]
8 Nov 2019, 12:51 pm
Reed is scheduled for execution on November 20, despite evidence of innocence (Austin, Texas – November 8, 2019) – Eight Republican and eight Democratic Texas senators signed a letter urging Governor Abbott and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to grant a reprieve to Rodney Reed, who is scheduled for execution on November 20. [read post]
17 Mar 2010, 12:02 pm
A few minutes later an e-mail shows up in my in-box from the general counsel for the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
4 Dec 2013, 4:15 am
“Those decisions come down to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
25 Aug 2008, 1:40 pm
In Texas, the governor has the authority to grant clemency (a pardon) upon the written recommendation of a majority of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. [read post]
9 Oct 2019, 1:47 pm
The Texas Board of Pardons and Parole is administratively distinct from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (and this matters). [read post]
26 Sep 2013, 10:32 am
Rick Perry has granted about one out of every 33 clemency requests received by the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles since he took office in 2001. [read post]
30 Aug 2007, 3:23 am
Aug. 30, 2007Parole board votes to spare condemned killerBy MICHAEL GRACZYK, Associated PressHUNTSVILLE, Texas - The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommendedThursday that Gov. [read post]
1 Sep 2008, 1:53 pm
Before beginning the Board of Pardons and Parole recommends the applicant obtain the following documents: (1) offense reports for any arrests; (2) certified court documents for these arrests including complaints, indictments, judgments, orders of dismissals, etc; (3) an official criminal history statement from their local county sheriff; and (4) three current letters of recommendation from persons other than family members who are familiar with the… [read post]
13 May 2009, 12:34 am
Rick Perry's nominees to serve on the state board of pardons and parole over concerns she is unqualified for the job.The 27-4 vote Wednesday to send the nomination of Shanda Perkins of Burleson back to committee was a resounding bipartisan rejection of the former banker. [read post]
25 Feb 2009, 7:32 pm
From the post:Normally, the Texas Senate rubber stamps the Governor's appointments to the Board of Pardons and Paroles, but one of Rick Perry's three appointees announced last week perhaps deserves closer vetting by the Senate. [read post]
30 Aug 2007, 10:39 am
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has recommended a stay of execution for Kenneth Foster. [read post]
5 May 2011, 5:50 am
Texas' Board of Pardons and Paroles may no longer impose "Special Condition X" - i.e., labeling someone a sex offender and requiring sex-offender treatment, registration, etc.. - when they weren't convicted of a sex-crime and the state has held no evidentiary hearing to determine it's warranted, according to a Court of Criminal Appeals opinion issued yesterday. [read post]
6 Nov 2019, 7:33 am
Here’s a basic overview of the process: The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles (BPP) creates its particular risk assessment by relying on two primary groups of personal data: Continue reading [read post]
9 Nov 2009, 1:16 pm
Members of the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole would love to gaze into an inmate's future before releasing him back onto the streets. [read post]
