Press Releases

Executive Director of Parole Christopher Barnett attended the Chief Executive Training Class for appointed chiefs of police and heads of law enforcement agencies at the Dr. Curtis E. McClung Training Center in Duluth, Georgia, from September 18-27, 2017.

Swainsboro - The State Board of Pardons and Paroles delivered parole certificates to two inmates at the Emanuel Women’s Facility in Swainsboro on Friday, September 29, 2017.

ATLANTA - The State Board of Pardons and Paroles is inviting crime victims to meet with Parole Board Members in Cordele on October 17, 2017.

ATLANTA - The State Board of Pardons and Paroles is moving its next monthly meeting from Atlanta to Cordele. The October 4, 2017, meeting will be at the Crisp County Courthouse beginning at 10:30 a.m.

ATLANTA - Following a meeting to consider clemency for condemned inmate Keith Leroy Tharpe, the State Board of Pardons and Paroles has denied the request for clemency. The board met today to receive information for or against clemency.

The Parole Board's Order issued today in the Tharpe case is available here .

The information filed by representatives of Keith Leroy Tharpe is available here .

The summary of the Keith Leroy Tharpe case is available here from the Attorney General. 

ATLANTA - The State Board of Pardons and Paroles has scheduled a meeting for Monday, September 25, 2017, to consider clemency for condemned inmate Keith Leroy Tharpe. The sole purpose of this meeting is to receive information for or against clemency for Tharpe.

PUBLIC NOTICE OF MEETING

State Board of Pardons and Paroles