Lower courts also had previously rejected his petitions for a stay. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles on Monday denied Mendoza’s request to commute his death sentence to a lesser penalty.

The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles has scheduled 50 parole hearings and 29 hearings on requests for pardons this week, May 13 – 15, 2025. The list below contains the names of the inmates to be ...

The Justice Department’s new pardon attorney says he plans to scrutinize pardons that former President Joe Biden issued on ...

The House's higher education committee closed registration to testify on Senate Bill 37 less than half an hour after the ...

Texas state legislature just passed a bill that would send doctors, teachers, librarians and more to jail if they provide ...

He sought parole in 2011 and 2021. A date for Nelms' release hasn't been set. His release was approved by the Prisoner Review Board, comprised of three veteran state Department of Corrections ...

Waskom, Texas, is an old railroad town of about 2,000 ... However, during the recent campaign, the incumbent board president was focused on banning transgender athletes and other conservative ...

Texas Woman’s University ... If passed, the bill would create a “governing board” to ensure curriculum at universities doesn’t endorse certain ideologies. It would also provide a review ...