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Inventory Compiled by
JoAnn Hale
January 2006
M. E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives
University Libraries / University at Albany / State University of New York
1400 Washington Avenue / Albany, New York 12222 / (518) 437-3935
VOLUME: 6 cubic ft.
ACQUISITION: All items in this manuscript group were donated to the University Libraries, M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, by William Bowers in January 2006. The petition for Joseph Spaziano is from the papers of Michael A. Mello.
ACCESS: Access to these records is unrestricted.
COPYRIGHT: The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of copyright. Whenever possible, the M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives will provide information about copyright owners and other restrictions, but the legal determination ultimately rests with the researcher. Requests for permission to publish material from this collection should be discussed with the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
The Clemency Petitions Collection includes approximately 150 clemency petitions filed by inmates from across the United States. The clemency process varies from state to state and typically involves the governor, a board of advisors, or both. Clemency refers to the lessening of the penalty of the crime without forgiving the crime itself. The act of clemency is a reprieve. Unlike judicial proceedings, claims raised in clemency petitions are free of procedural defaults that can mask error, unfairness, or irrationality in a given death sentence. Petitions thus can reveal what the sentencing authority may not have known because of attorney error, prosecutorial misconduct, newly discovered evidence, or other reasons. As part of his work with The Constitution Project, William J. Bowers established this collection. The petition for Joseph Spaziano is from the papers of Michael A. Mello.
The collection was reformatted to PDF files in April-June 2006 and the petitions are available online. The petitions available online can be viewed using Adobe Reader. The petition for Joseph Spaziano was reformatted in September 2006.
Related collections in the M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives can be found at the Web site for the National Death Penalty Archives.
Box 1
Folder
Adams, James, FL
Amrine, Joseph, MO, Execution has been stayed
Atkins, Joseph Ernest, SC
Bacon, Robert, Jr., NC, Clemency granted
Baldwin, Brian Keith, AL
Bannister, Alan Jeffrey, MO
Barnabei, Derek Rocco, VA
Basile, Daniel, MO
Bassette, Herbert R., VA, Clemency granted
Beavers, Thomas H., Jr., VA, Not a clemency petition
Beets, Betty Lou, TX
Bennett, Ronald B., VA
Black, Robert V., Jr., TX
Black, Robert V., Jr., TX
Blackmon, Ricky Don, TX
Boggs, Richard T., VA
Bolder, Martsay, MO
Boliek, William T., MO, Execution has been stayed
Breard, Angel Francisco, VA
Bunch, Timothy Dale, VA
Burket, Russel William, VA
Byrd, John W., Jr., OH
Carter, Marcus, NC, Clemency granted
Carter, Robert Earl, TX
Chambers, James W., MO
Chandler, David R., US, Granted clemency
Chandler, Lance A., Jr., VA
Chichester, Carl H., VA
Clark, James Lee, TX, Execution has been stayed
Coleman, Clydell, TX
Coleman, Roger Keith, VA, Appendices only
Box 2
Folder
Coleman, Roger Keith, VA, Appendices only
Coleman, Roger Keith, VA, Appendices only
Correll, Walter M., Jr., VA
Coulson, Robert Otis, TX
Davies, Girvies, IL
Davies, Girvies, IL
Davies, Girvies, IL
Davis, Ralph E., MO
Dubois, Johnile L., VA
Eaton, Dennis Wayne, VA
Edmonds, Dana Ray, VA
Evans, Wilbert Lee, VA
Farriss, Troy Dale, TX
Faulder, Joseph S., TX
Fisher, David L., VA
Fitzgerald, Edward B., VA
Flowers, Wendell, NC, Clemency granted
Garza, Juan Raul, US
George, Michael Carl, VA
Giarratano, Joseph M., VA, Clemency granted
Box 3
Folder
Gosch, Lesley Lee, TX
Graham, Andre, L., VA
Graham, Gary, TX
Gray, Coleman Wayne, VA
Green, Harvey Lee, Jr., NC
Green, Ricky Lee, TX
Griffin, Larry, MO
Grubbs, Ricky Lee, MO
Harris, Bobby Lee, NC, Death sentence vacated
Harris, George B., MO
Herrera, Leonel Torres, TX
Hoke, Ronald Lee, Sr., VA
Hunter, Bert Leroy, MO
Johns, Stephen, MO
Johnson, Eddie James (folder empty, but in Richard Charles Johnson’s folder))
Johnson, Edward Earl, MS
Johnson, Edward Earl, MS
Johnson, Richard Charles, SC
Jones, Richard Wayne
Jones, Richard Wayne
Joseph, Jason Matthew, VA
Justus, Buddy Earl, VA
Kilgore, Bruce, MO
King, Danny Lee, VA
Kruetzer, Paul, MO
Lackey, Clarence Allen, TX
LaRette, Anthony J., Jr., MO
Lingar, Stanley, MO
Mallett, Jerome, MO
Box 4
Folder
Malone, Kevin
Mann, Fletcher Thomas, TX
Marquez, Mario S., TX
Mathenia, Chuck, MO, Execution has been stayed
McGinnis, Glen Charles, TX
Miller-El, Thomas Joe, TX, Exection has been stayed
Mitchell, Gerald Lee, TX
Moore, William Neal, GA, Clemency granted
Moore, William Neal, GA, Clemency granted
Moore, William Neal, GA, Clemency granted
Mueller, Everett Lee, VA
Mueller, Everett Lee, VA
Murphy, Maurio Benjamin, VA
Murray, Robert Anthony, MO
O’Dell, Joseph Roger, VA
Owsley, Michael, MO
Paradis, Donald M., ID, Clemency granted
Parkus, Steven Wesley, MO, Execution has been stayed
Payne, Joseph P., Sr., VA, Clemency granted
Peterson, Derick Lynn, VA
Pollard, Roosevelt, Jr., MO, Execution has been stayed
Pope, Carlton Jerome, VA
Powell, Reginald, MO
Poyner, Syvasky L., VA
Preston, Elroy, MO, Execution has been stayed
Pyles, Johnny Dean, TX
Quesinberry, George A., Jr., VA
Ramdass, Bobby Lee, VA
Ramsey, Roy, Jr., MO
Rector, Charles H., TX
Richardson, Antonio, MO, Execution has been stayed
Roach, Steve Edward, VA
Roberts, Michael Shane, MO
Box 5
Folder
Roberts, Roy Michael, MO
Rodden, James E., MO
Roll, Gary Lee, MO
Russell, James
Satcher, Michael C., VA
Saunders, William, VA, Clemency granted
Savino, Joseph John, VA
Schlup, Lloyd E., Jr., MO, New trial, no death sentence
Shaw, Bobby Lewis, MO, Granted clemency
Sheppard, Mark A., VA
Simmons, Christopher Lee, MO, Execution has been stayed
Spaziano, Joseph Robert, housed in the papers of Michael A. Mello (APAP-287)
Spaziano, Joseph Robert, housed in the papers of Michael A. Mello (APAP-287)
Spaziano, Joseph Robert, housed in the papers of Michael A. Mello (APAP-287)
Spaziano, Joseph Robert, housed in the papers of Michael A. Mello (APAP-287)
Spaziano, Joseph Robert, housed in the papers of Michael A. Mello (APAP-287)
Stewart, Kenneth M., Jr., VA
Stockton, Dennis W., VA
Stoker, David Wayne, TX
Strickler, Tommy David, VA
Swann, Calvin Eugene, VA, Clemency granted
Tafero, Jesse Joseph, FL, Not a petition
Thompson, Thomas M., CA
Tokar, Jeffrey, MO
Trevino, Joe Mario, TX
Washington, Earl, Jr., VA, Clemency granted
Watkins, Johnny, Jr., VA
Watkins, Ronald L.
Weeks, Lonnie, Jr., VA
West, Robert Wallace, TX
Box 6
Folder
Wesley, Anthony Ray, TX
Wesley, Anthony Ray, TX
White, Billy Dwayne, TX
White, Clifton Allen, NC
Williams, Marlon D., VA
Wilson, Kenneth, VA
Wise, Joe Louis, Sr., VA
Workman, Philip, TN
Wright, Dwayne Allen, VA
Wright, Freddie Lee
Yeatts, Ronald Dale, VA
Young, Mose, Jr., MO
Zeitvogel, Richard S., MO
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