ATLANTA - Georgia is pioneering a strategy to eliminate parole offices, an effort officials say allows the officers to spend more time working with people in the community and also saves money.

ATLANTA - Gov. Nathan Deal has signed a bill to standardize annual evaluations for Georgia teachers and principals based, in part, on student performance.

...secret. He wrote she was so beautiful that all he wanted was to make her happy.She sent the letters to the Board of Pardons and Paroles.Brewer never made parole. He completed his sentence and was due to be released from prison in August 2012...

...application for a clemency hearing with the Board of Pardons and Paroles and a petition for a writ of habeas corpus with...Given that new evidence, Kammer asks the Board of Pardons and Paroles to stay the execution, reconsider its denial...

...and that the "new evidence" does not establish a miscarriage of justice.Kammer has also asked the state Board of Pardons and Paroles for a new hearing and has filed a motion to stay the execution with the U.S. Supreme Court. He and other...

...his arrest.Lebis' parole officer sent him back to prison for filing a false police report, and the state Board of Pardons and Paroles released him again in May.Defense lawyer Lee Sexton, who once represented Lebis, said the light sentence...

...Thomas Sachy wrote in an affidavit.Hill's defense plans to submit the doctors' statements to the state Board of Pardons and Paroles when it requests a new clemency hearing, as well as to a state court that has previously declined to overturn...

...appeal ultimately fail, McNeil's next opportunity for freedom would be a clemency request to the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles. Yurachek said he is not optimistic about any hearings in front of that body, though Barber and Jealous said the...

...data obtained by The Associated Press. The figures show the number of medical reprieves granted by the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles has jumped from 51 in 2008 to 89 in the most recent fiscal year.Department of Corrections Commissioner Brian...

...Blanchard sentenced him to 20 years in prison and 20 years on probation. Based on guidelines from the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles, Dean won't be eligible for parole for 18 years.Theodocion has 30 days to file an appeal of Dean's verdict...