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'clemency'

Governor proposes parole eligibility for inmate sentenced to life for murder in 1973

Release possible for inmate convicted in 49-year-old murder.
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Governor announces intention to commute sentence of Willie Mae Harris

Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced today his intention to commute the life sentence of Willie Mae Harris, which would make her immediately eligible for parole.
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Parole board rejects clemency for Jack Greene

Fox 16 reports the state Parole Board has voted 6-0 against recommending clemency for Jack Greene, scheduled to be killed by the state Nov. 9 for his conviction in the 1991 slaying of Sidney , a Johnson County pastor.

Condemned inmate says he's competent to be executed

A clemency hearing is underway today at the Varner prison unit for Jack Greene, scheduled to be killed by the state Nov. 9 for a Johnson County murder. He says he's competent to be executed.
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Hutchinson favors clemency for Jason McGehee

Gov. Asa Hutchinson has announced today his intention to grant clemency for Death Row inmate Jason McGehee, as the Parole Board had recommended earlier this year. This would commute his death sentence to life without possibility of parole.

Parole Board denies clemency for Jack Jones

The Arkansas Parole Board said today it would not recommend clemency for Death Row inmate Jack Jones, not surprising because he said in a letter to the Parole Board that he didn't want clemency.
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UPDATE: Condemned prisoner says he doesn't want clemency

Jack Jones Jr., scheduled for the final clemency hearing today among the eight who had been set for execution in April, does not want clemency, KTHV reports via Twitter.

Judge declines to halt five executions over hurried clemency review; gives one inmate more time

Federal Judge Price Marshall this morning ruled that the state's hurried consideration of clemency requests by Death Row inmates was not flawed enough to stop the executions.
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Parole Board recommends clemency for Death Row inmate Jason McGehee

Greg Yarbrough of Channel 4 reports that the state Parole Board, following hearings last week, has recommended clemency for Death Row inmate Jason McGehee, but not for Kenneth Williams.

Hutchinson turns down clemency for Utah inmate

Mara Leveritt reports that Rolf Kaestel, imprisoned for 34 years for a $264 robbery in Fort Smith, has been denied clemency by Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who's drawn  attention of late for his support restoring some equity to sentencing as one means of reducing a bulging prison population.
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Inmate scheduled for November execution requests clemency from Gov. Hutchinson

The AP's Claudia Lauer reports that one of the four Arkansas inmates scheduled to die in the next two months has applied for clemency.

Another Mike Huckabee clemency beneficiary heads to prison again

Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, already burdened with two high-profile cases of murders by people he'd helped free from Arkansas prison, had another one added to his rap sheet yesterday.
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