My son who is at Grimes Unit in Newport applied for clemency. The hearing was held August 11th and on August 30th he received a notification of a "30 day rewrite". Does anyone know what that means? Any info appreciated.

I have no idea what a rewrite is UNLESS the application he sent in was one of the old ones. My husband sent his application in on June 1st and by the grace of God his IPO gave it back to him and told him they were ONLY taking the new applications. My husbands screening is this month. I will talk to my husband tomorrow night and I will ask him what it is. You can call the post prison transer board and ask them. You can get thier number from their web site www.pptb.org (http://www.pptb.org) I hope this helps. Let me know how it all turns out. I am wanting to know so bad how long all of this takes. This is our second time to file. The first time only took 4 months. We are now in our 4th month and NOTHING! Good luck to you and your son

My son who is at Grimes Unit in Newport applied for clemency. The hearing was held August 11th and on August 30th he received a notification of a "30 day rewrite". Does anyone know what that means? Any info appreciated.Most usually when the Post Prison Transfer Board does a rewrite it is because they want to look at info not ebfore them. It doesn't mean much other usually than that someone did not do their job and have all the required info prepared. In any event the PPTB will provide you or your son a reason for the rewrite. Contact the Insititional Parole Officer at his unit and if you don't get an answer contact the PPTB directly. They will tell you. It in no way signifies that they are looking to deny him. Every month at the regular parole hearings many inmates are given 30 day rewrites because things like field reports, etc. have not been prepared and returned to the PPTB.
If he is going in front of the board again it will give him a chance to do more talking on his own behalf. A lot of times after hearings like this you remember things you wish you had of pointed out to convience the board you are ready for release. This may be a chance for that. Make sure he preapres and practices what he wants to say to the board to help him be released.

Anyway, good luck!!!