Press Releases

February 17, 2020

Monthly Parole Board meeting is scheduled March 3, 2020

The monthly meeting of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles is March 3, 2020.

January 28, 2020

Parole Board Denies Clemency in Lance Case

ATLANTA - The State Board of Pardons and Paroles has denied clemency to Donnie Cleveland Lance. The decision by the five member board comes following a meeting today to consider clemency in the case.

January 28, 2020

The Parole Board's Order denying clemency in the Lance Case is published

The Parole Board's Order denying clemency in the Lance Case is available here.

January 27, 2020

The Parole Board has declassified the clemency petition filed on behalf of Donnie Cleveland Lance

The information filed on behalf of Lance requesting clemency is available here.

January 27, 2020

The Summary of the Donnie Cleveland Lance case is available

The summary of the Donnie Cleveland Lance case is available here.

January 23, 2020

Parole Board to Consider Clemency for Donnie Cleveland Lance

ATLANTA - The State Board of Pardons and Paroles has scheduled a clemency meeting for January 28, 2020, in the case of Donnie Cleveland Lance. The meeting is being conducted for the Parole Board Members to receive information for or against clemency for Lance. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m.

January 22, 2020

The agenda for the special called meeting of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles is published

Board Meeting Agenda

January 28, 2020

January 22, 2020

The State Board of Pardons and Paroles has scheduled a special called meeting for January 28, 2020

January 22, 2020

PUBLIC NOTICE OF MEETING

State Board of Pardons and Paroles

January 22, 2020

The monthly meeting of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles for February is cancelled

January 22, 2020

PUBLIC NOTICE

OPEN MEETING

January 16, 2020

Parole Board Grants Clemency to Jimmy Fletcher Meders

Board commutes death sentence to life without parole

ATLANTA - The State Board of Pardons and Paroles has granted clemency to Jimmy Fletcher Meders. The Board has commuted the death sentence to life without the possibility of parole.