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Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles grants multiple pardons, approves several paroles with monitoring and treatment conditions
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Summary
At its March 4, 2026 meeting in Montgomery, the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles granted seven full pardons and several paroles with conditions (GPS monitoring, mental-health follow-up, drug assessment), while denying multiple parole requests and three pardon petitions; it also amended prior minutes to record an attorney's attendance.
The Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles met in Montgomery on March 4, 2026, and voted on a full docket of parole and pardon applications, granting several pardons and approving multiple paroles with conditions while denying others.
The Board granted full pardons restoring civil and political rights to Jeremy W. Chadwick, Michael D. Johnston, Sandy M. Ware, Shannon R. Whigham, Keith M. Bradford and Dwight M. Hampton; it granted a pardon with specified relief (relief from the habitual-offender act and firearms disabilities) to D'haijah M. Purvis. The Board denied pardon requests for Christopher T. Connell, Stephanie L. Thedford and Andrew M. Kline.
On paroles, the Board approved paroles for Mary M. Clarke, Cornelius T. Brown, Kenard D. Knight, Robert L. Gardner, Benjamin Collins, Courtney M. Hazel and Anterio M. Drakeford. Many of those paroles were approved with standard reentry conditions recorded in the minutes, including GPS ankle monitoring, mental-health follow-up and drug assessment upon release; some approvals specified placement (approved halfway house) or program completion such as the Perry County Probation/Parole Reentry Education Program (PREP) or referral to Mobile Day Reporting Center (DRC).
The Board denied parole requests for Leon J. Smith (no reset date), Danny J. Culwell (reset set for March 2030), Ned Woodard Jr. (reset March 2029), Andre McKinney (reset March 2028), Marquis C. Hamilton (reset September 2026), Kendrick G. Fortner (no reset), Jamie G. McLemore (reset March 2027) and several others (Samuel L. Heath, Terrell R. Robinson, Robert C. Smith and Alonzo H. Thomas with reset dates noted in the minutes). Where the minutes specify a reset date, the Board recorded that date alongside the denial; where the minutes show "no reset date," the denial remains without a reconsideration date in the record.
Victim advocates and representatives appeared frequently in opposition to parole requests; the minutes repeatedly record Ky'Toria Lawson (VOCAL) and India Eaves (VSO, Attorney General's Office) as speakers opposing parole in multiple cases. Supporters for applicants included family members, program directors and attorneys who requested parole or pardons on the applicants' behalf.
The minutes list the specific conditions attached to individual paroles and pardons as recorded by the Board (for example, GPS ankle monitoring; approved halfway house or detainer/program placement; mental-health follow-up; drug assessment; and completion of Perry County PREP). The minutes do not provide individual roll-call vote tallies for each item; they record the Board's final action (granted or denied) for each applicant.
The Board's next scheduled meeting is March 5, 2026, at 8:00 a.m. in Montgomery. The meeting adjourned at 1:54 p.m.