clemency petition

However, she has had a change of heart, and is now supporting Noel's clemency petition.

The presentation should be requested at the time the clemency petition is filed.

The governor can act upon this belief in reviewing the clemency petitions of both boys.

"But we put more pressure on the Governor than he previously felt in any of these clemency petitions.

As a private lawyer, he had filed two clemency petitions during Republican administrations, winning one.

While the clemency petition was pending before the governor, Williams also filed further appeals in the courts.

They would not comment Sunday on the separate clemency petition, an effort to have the sentence commuted to life in prison.

In some cases such as capital punishment, the decision may be passed on to the President of the Republic for clemency petitions.

She argued that the state should consider this - the same way the jury considered her trial testimony - when deciding on his clemency petition.

Mr. Moore's clemency petition first came before the board in 1984 when his execution was initially scheduled.

In theory, any felon can pursue roughly 11 steps of appeals and clemency petitions.

And eventually he filed the clemency petition.

Last August, the board voted 10 to 6 against his clemency petition, a close margin considering that many votes are unanimous.

The information will then be passed along to Mr. Garza's lawyers for the clemency petition.

Letters supporting her clemency petition refer to her by her nickname, Saint.

She instructed her lawyer to waive her right to appeal and oppose an 11th-hour clemency petition.

Both have clemency petitions before President Clinton.

Medical evidence showing the possibility that he suffers from severe brain abnormalities, were discussed in his appeals and clemency petition.

The clemency petition emphasized the theme of Williams' redemption, rather than his claim of actual innocence.

Under guidelines established by the parole board, lawyers for death row inmates must file clemency petitions 21 days before a scheduled execution.

"I will never forget the first time Eddie hit me," Ms. Hurd wrote in her clemency petition.

Mr. Livingston said that in the clemency petition he had tried "to make a persuasive case that this woman is troubled."

He said in the letter that clemency petitions were filed with the White House and the Justice Department.

She was unimpressed by Mr. Jones's clemency petition.

Nor did Mr. Fay allege this in his clemency petition to the President.