The clemency process in this state is a farce.

Thus the people of Texas, acting through the elected Legislature, must be satisfied with the current clemency process, or lack thereof.

With its spotlight on redemption, the clemency process focuses on prisoners.

The person involved in the clemency process said inmates who were not on death row might be pardoned as well.

The clemency process, from the initial filing to the final decision, will take 90 days.

As the article showed, the state's clemency process is a ceremony, not a solution.

She said the clemency process was unconstitutionally vague, with no clear standards for how an inmate might gain mercy.

Overseeing much of the paperwork and investigative effort in the clemency process is the office of the pardon attorney at the Justice Department.

Practices vary from state to state, but the clemency process usually requires the governor or board of advisors or both.

However, the clemency process is intended as a fail-safe for unusual or exceptional circumstances.