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Nevada's pardons board will now consider requests for posthumous pardons in a limited scope, nearly six years after it voted to freeze such applications amid a backlog in cases. The nine-member ...
Idaho Commission of Pardons and Parole; Illinois Parole and Pardon Board replaced by the Illinois Prisoner Review Board [8] Kansas Prisoner Review Board [9] Kentucky Parole Board [10] Minnesota Board of Pardons; Nebraska Board of Pardons; Nevada Board of Parole Commissioners [11] New Hampshire Department of Corrections#Adult Parole Board
The autonomy of the board from the state governor also varies; in some states the boards are more powerful than in others. In some states the board is an independent agency while in others it is a body of the department of corrections. In 44 states, the parole members are chosen by the governor.
Lamb and other Nevada politicians, including Clark County commissioner Woodrow Wilson, were forced to resign after they were convicted in 1983 for taking a $23,000 bribe in an FBI sting operation (Operation Yobo). [3] [4] Lamb spent 9 months in prison, then he was paroled and his civil rights were restored by the state Pardons Board. [5]
This category is being considered for merging into Category:Recipients of American presidential pardons. This nomination is part of a discussion of several related categories. This does not mean that any of the pages in the category will be deleted.
Prince was appointed to the Pardon and Parole Board in January 2023. "Mr. Prince will be a steward of justice for the people of Oklahoma," Gov. Kevin Stitt said in making the appointment.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has barely used an LGBTQ clemency initiative he launched in 2020 to pardon gay Californians who were "subjected to discriminatory arrest and prosecution."
Brian Edward Sandoval (/ ˈ s æ n d ə ˌ v ɔː l / SAN-də-vawl; born August 5, 1963) is an American politician, academic administrator, and former federal judge who served as the 29th Governor of Nevada from 2011 to 2019.