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: Death Penalty Information CenterArkansas Parole Board Recommends Life Without Parole for Mentally Disabled Man
By Death Penalty Information Center
Full post as published by Death Penalty Information Center on September 24, 2008 (boomark / email).
Life: a beautiful option Arkansas
In Arkansas: In a 4-3 vote, the Arkansas Parole Board recommended that Frank Williams’ death sentence be commuted to life without parole. The Board had received petitions for clemency from 13 state, national, and international organizations and developmental disabilities experts raising the prospect that Williams suffers from mental retardation as indicated by a series of [...
Arkansas Advocacy Group Pleads for Clemency for Mentally Retarded Man
On July 30th, Arkansas leading advocacy organization for people with mental retardation, Arc Arkansas, delivered a letter to Governor Mike Beebe and the Arkansas Parole board urging clemency for Frank Williams, Jr...
Texas Senate Passes Compromise Bill for Life Without Parole as An Alternative in Capital Cases
The Texas Senate has approved a compromise bill for Capital Sentencing. The previous proposed bill had 3 alternative sentences: death, life without parole, and life with parole. The compromise bill eliminates the option of life with parole....
Clemency Recommendation in Arkansas
The Arkansas Democrat Gazette reports, "4-3 board vote urges killer be spared." In a 4-3 decision, citing ?unusual circumstances,? the Arkansas Parole Board recommended that Frank Williams Jr...
Texas House Passes Life Without Parole
According to Injustice Anywhere the Texas House has finally passed its version of life without parole which now must be reconciled with the Senate's version and then sent to the Governor...
Update: Texas Life Without Parole Option Still Not a Reality in Capital Cases
We thought that Texas was finally coming around to passing legislation that would have allowed juries the choice in capital cases of death and life without parole (a third option, life with parole, had been eliminated in a compromise bill)....
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