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In an August 2010 decision, the conviction was upheld. The court described defense efforts to upset the conviction as "largely smoke and mirrors" and found that several of the proffered affidavits were not recantations at all. Subsequent appeals, including to the
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to either life imprisonment or life without parole. Georgia is one of the four states (Georgia, Nebraska, Nevada, Utah) whose governor does not have the authority to grant clemency, although the governor retains indirect influence by virtue of his power to appoint board members. Prior to the board's
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legislation would have "effectively transferred supervision of approximately 25,000 misdemeanors from the State
Department of Corrections to the individual counties." Private probation firms like DMS would have benefited greatly from potential individual county contracts. When Sentinel acquired
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Georgia is one of nine states in the United States with a Board of
Pardons and Paroles that exclusively grants all state pardons. Alabama (Board of Pardons and Paroles), Connecticut (Board of Pardons and Paroles), Idaho (Commission of Pardons and Paroles), Minnesota (Board of Pardons), Nebraska
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Each year, the board elects one of its members to serve as chairman. The current chairman is Terry E. Barnard. The other members are: David J. Herring, Vice
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convened a hearing on the issue of a stay, deciding in favor, just two hours before the planned execution. However, on appeal, the
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Fairness for Prisoners' Families organization has leveled heavy criticism at the Board and similar Georgia authorities, although it notes that the symptoms it criticizes may not necessarily be intentional.
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