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Tennessee Board of Parole Spanked for Failing to Make Recommendation to Governor on Prisoner’s Clemency Application by In Tennessee, a state law—T.C.A. § 40-27-101—allows prisoners to apply for clemency in the form of commutation of their sentence or a pardon. When the Board of Parole receives an application, it is supposed …
Article • April 1, 2024 • from PLN April, 2024
Alabama Denies Parole to Former Sheriff Convicted of Corruption by Once Alabama’s longest-­serving sheriff, Mike Blakely, 72, will continue serving a three-­year sentence for corruption handed down in August 2021, after the state Board of Pardons and Paroles (BOPP) deadlocked over his parole application on March 7, 2024. The 1-­to-­1 …
Article • April 1, 2024 • from PLN April, 2024
Oregon Prisoner’s Parole Deferral Based on “Dangerous Offender” Statute Reversed by On August 9, 2023, the Oregon Court of Appeals reversed a decision by the state Board of Parole and Post-­Prison Supervision (BPPS) deferring parole consideration for Gerald O. Person. Sentenced as a “dangerous offender” for crimes committed in the …