Press Releases

ATLANTA – The State Board of Pardons and Paroles will elect a chair and vice chair for Fiscal Year 2023 at the June 8, 2022, monthly operational meeting. The Parole Board elects its leadership prior to July 1, each year.

Buford – The Georgia Office of Victim Services, a division of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles conducted a three-day training conference for the state’s district attorneys and their victim-witness assistance offices.

The Parole Board has amended the notification of the June 8, 2022, monthly meeting.

The agenda for the June 8, 2022, monthly meeting of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles has been amended.

The Monthly Meeting of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles has been scheduled for June 8, 2022.

The Parole Board has published the agenda for the June 8, 2022, monthly meeting.

ATLANTA - Following a meeting to receive information for or against clemency for condemned inmate Virgil Delano Presnell, Jr., and after thoroughly considering all the facts and circumstances of the case, the State Board of Pardons and Paroles has denied clemency in the case.

The Georgia Parole Board has published the order in the Virgil Delano Presnell, Jr., case.

The Georgia Parole Board has voted to declassify the clemency request filed on behalf of Virgil Delano Presnell, Jr. 

ATLANTA – The State Board of Pardons and Paroles has scheduled a meeting for May 16, 2022, to receive information for or against clemency for Virgil Delano Presnell, Jr.