Board of Pardons & Paroles: No Mercy

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Friday, 18 February 2011

Board of Pardons & Paroles: No Mercy

The AP report this afternoon is, "Parole board rejects plea from man to die Tuesday," by Michael Graczyk. It's via the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has unanimously rejected a clemency petition from a convicted killer set to die next week for the shooting death of his 19-month-old son.

More than 90 clergy members from around the state had signed a letter to Gov. Rick Perry and the parole board, appealing for clemency for Timothy Wayne Adams.

The seven-member board Friday voted 7-0 twice - first against a 120-day reprieve and then against a recommendation to commute the 42-year-old Adams' sentence to life.

Earlier coverage of Tim Adams' compelling case for clemency begins at the link.

Friday, 18 February 2011 at 05:08 PM in Clemency, Execution Date, Religion, Victims' Issues | Permalink

Tags: Archbishop Joseph Fiorenza, Bishop Emeritus Raymundo Pena, Bishop Michael Rinehart, Board of Pardons and Paroles, BPP, capital punishment, Chadrick Adams, clemency, Columbus Adams, commutation, death penalty, Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, execution date, Katherine Cesinger, New Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church, OpEd, religion, Rev. Lawrence Scott, Rick Perry, Texas, Tim Adams, Timothy Adams, Timothy Wayne Adams, victims' issues, Wilma Adams

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