The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles, the only entity authorized to commute a death sentence, denied clemency last week and upheld that decision late Monday. Gissendaner's lawyers had urged the board to reconsider and "bestow mercy" by commuting her sentence to life without parole. The boar...
Georgia's Supreme Court also denied her a stay Tuesday, and the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles declined to grant her clemency after it met earlier Tuesday to consider new testimony from supporters. The board didn't give a reason for the denial, but said it had carefully considered her...
I don’t normally promote government regulations, but I do see a need for some oversight for transitional housing and sober living homes. While assisting a relative to find such housing, I discovered just how dismal some of these dwellings can be. (And the website pictures don’t match up...
Following a possible conviction in Georgia, Trump could be issued a pardon from the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles but only after fulfilling the sentence, any probation or parole time and five years have elapsed. The Constitution does not grant the president the ability to ...
Long received four sentences of life in prison without parole in August for the shootings of Delaina Ashley Yaun, 33; Paul Andre Michels, 54; Xiaojie Yan, 49; and Daoyou Feng, 44. Related: 10 Safest States in America In Fulton County, he is charged with the killings...
“We chose to try and save her life, and they still denied us,” daughter Kayla Gissendaner said outside the state’s execution facility in Jackson. Even a recent letter on behalf of the Pope wasn’t enough to sway the parole board. So Gissendaner’s legal team filed three appeals to...
The Department of Corrections announced that Gissendaner would be executed on Monday, March 2, 2015, at 7 p.m. Update — Feb. 25, 2014 9:50 a.m.: The State Board of Pardons and Paroles denied clemency to Kelly Gissendaner. Advertisement ...
ATLANTA-- With just hours to go before Georgia is scheduled to execute the only woman on its death row, her lawyers asked the State Board of Pardons and Paroles to reconsider her request to "bestow mercy" and commute her sentence to life without parole. ...