1.   Beazley needs nine votes from the pardons board for clemency.

2.   But the sponsors are now admitting that they did not know McFadden any better than the pardon board.

3.   Family members appeared before the pardon board, hoping to counter testimony from death-penalty opponents.

4.   His remorse, coupled with an exceptional institutional record of self-improvement, led the state pardons board to unanimously recommend his release four years ago.

5.   The legislators are considering several new requirements, including unanimous votes by the pardon board, face-to-face meetings with prisoners and mandatory supervised transition programs.

6.   The pardons board makes recommendations on executions to the governor, who can either accept or reject those recommendations.

7.   Two governors have scuttled four recommendations by the pardon board to release him.

8.   A final appeal seven months ago was rejected by a pardons board.

9.   DeLand was questioning the prosecutor who won the death penalty conviction against Tillman when he asked the pardons board for a recess.