Four Southeast Arkansas residents currently serving prison sentences had their applications for a sentence commutation rejected by the parole board last week.
The board also said the applications of two others who were seeking a pardon from the governor were without merit.
Those who were seeking a sentence commutation, the county of conviction and crimes convicted of were as follows:
* Kevin Collier, Jefferson County, first-degree murder, aggravated robbery, residential burglary and theft of property; Desha County forgery, three counts probation revocation; Bradley County, residential burglary, theft of property and two probation revocations.
* Lee Harris, Desha County, manufacture, delivery of possession of a controlled substance as an habitual offender and subsequent convictions.
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* Cornelanius Phillips, Bradley County, capital murder.
* Steve Robinson, Lincoln County, first-degree murder, felon in possession of a firearm, abuse of a corpse.
Those who were seeking a pardon, the county of conviction and charges convicted of were as follows: