The Board of Pardons and Paroles begins to hear the case for clemency for Willie James Pye, who is scheduled to be executed Wednesday, March 20 at 7 p.m. The hearing took place in Atlanta, Georgia ...

The Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles (PAP) celebrated its 80th year of service on Wednesday. The board was founded in 1943 and has spent decades working to provide informed clemency ...

Also contact the board at [email protected], which will provide the current parole status of the offender. For more information, contact Steve Hayes at 404-657-9450 or [email protected] .

ATLANTA — Georgia pardon applications can now be filed online, the State Board of Pardons and Paroles announced. The announcement was made last week. According to a release, previous ...

In two federal criminal cases now pending, legal experts say, Trump could look to pardon himself if he retakes the presidency next year. But Monday’s Georgia ... Board of Paroles and Pardons ...

But the governor in Georgia has no such pardon power. Instead, the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles is responsible for overseeing all requests for clemency. The governor is responsible ...

The State Board of Pardons and Paroles is the only authority in Georgia that can commute a prisoner’s death sentence and spare his or her life. Members include a former state lawmaker ...

In Georgia, the Republican governor does not have the power to grant clemency. Instead, the five-member board of pardons and paroles, made up of individuals appointed by the governor, holds that ...

While no president has ever pardoned himself, there is little restriction on the presidential pardon authority laid out in the Constitution. But in the Georgia case, Mr. Trump would have no such ...

where the five-member Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles — selected by the governor and confirmed by the state Senate — is the sole body authorized to grant paroles, pardons ...

In Georgia, a pardon is an "order of official forgiveness" only granted to those who have completed their sentence, according to the State Board of Pardons and Paroles' website. A pardon "does not ...