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.

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

A backlog at the state’s Parole Board is keeping prisoners locked up for longer, with criminal lawyers being told new applications are unlikely to be considered for at least two months.

“The political nature of the decisions on the Board of Pardons, including the Governor, continues to be very problematic,” said advocate Etta Cetera. “If I had a magic wand, there’d be no ...

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