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Board denies parole in 25 cases, issues 10 pardons and grants five paroles with conditions
Summary
At the April 9, 2026 meeting in Montgomery the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles considered 40 docketed cases: it denied parole in 25 cases, granted parole in five (each with post-release conditions such as PREP, GPS monitoring, mental-health follow-up or halfway-house placement) and issued 10 pardons (several with restrictions). All recorded votes were unanimous.
The Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles met April 9, 2026, in Montgomery and acted on a docket of 40 cases. The two-member panel recorded unanimous votes: parole was denied in 25 cases; five applicants were granted parole with special conditions; and 10 applicants received pardons (some pardons included restrictions such as relief from the habitual-offender act and firearms disabilities).
Parole grants with conditions included Ronnie Marshall (approved to complete Perry County PREP upon release, GPS ankle monitor, mental-health follow-up and drug assessment), Kieron E. Taylor (approved with GED requirement, PREP, GPS monitor, mental-health follow-up and drug assessment), Jeremy C. Anderson (approved to go to an approved halfway house, GPS monitor, mental-health follow-up and drug assessment), Scotty Hammac (approved to an approved halfway house, GPS monitor and drug assessment), and Patricia A. Gooden (approved with approved halfway house placement, GPS monitor, mental-health follow-up and drug assessment). The board recorded 10 pardons, including full pardons restoring civil and political rights for Steven M. Cross, William Posey, Keesler S. Griffin, Rene M. Curry, Terriyaki D. Vaughn and Marcus D. Prewitt; other pardons carried specified restrictions (for example, Tionne S. Barclay received relief from the habitual-offender act and firearms disabilities).
The minutes and docket note numerous denials with reset dates commonly set in April 2027, 2028 or 2031; examples include Harold O. Williams and Brenda L. Turley (reset to April 2031) and multiple others with reset or no-reset outcomes recorded. All recorded votes in the minutes are unanimous.
Votes at a glance: 1. Harold O. Williams (AIS# 192365) — Denied; reset 4/2031; 2. Brenda L. Turley (AIS# 174570) — Denied; reset 4/2031; 3. Donnie L. Hill (AIS# 240844) — Denied; reset 4/2031; 4. Nick V. Rose (AIS# 208605) — Denied; reset 4/2031; 5. Demetrius Miller (AIS# 282637) — Denied; reset 4/2031; 6. Ronnie Marshall (AIS# 181908) — Granted parole with conditions (PREP, GPS monitor, mental-health follow-up, drug assessment); 7. Hugo L. Delacruz (AIS# 282719) — Denied; reset 4/2029; 8. Milton Jones (AIS# 137174) — Denied; reset 4/2027; 9. Kieron E. Taylor (AIS# 288362) — Granted parole with conditions (GED, PREP, GPS monitor, mental-health follow-up, drug assessment); 10. Sylvester Brown (AIS# 142224) — Denied; reset 4/2027; 11. James S. Cronin II (AIS# 321582) — Denied; reset 4/2029; 12. Rodriquez Crowell (AIS# 283285) — Denied; reset 4/2027; 13. Jeremy C. Anderson (AIS# 293575) — Granted parole with conditions (approved halfway house, GPS monitor, mental-health follow-up, drug assessment); 14. Richard L. Nelson (AIS# 325371) — Denied; reset 4/2027; 15. Tyquan Thomas (AIS# 341924) — Denied; reset 4/2027; 16. Steven M. Cross (AIS# 827950) — Full pardon granted (restoration of civil and political rights); 17. William Posey (AIS# 824162) — Full pardon granted; 18. Keesler S. Griffin (AIS# 827955) — Full pardon granted; 19. Rene M. Curry (AIS# 824556) — Full pardon granted; 20. Terriyaki D. Vaughn (AIS# 823900) — Full pardon granted; 21. Marcus D. Prewitt (AIS# 802468) — Full pardon granted; 22. Tionne S. Barclay (AIS# 206626) — Pardon granted with restrictions (relief from habitual-offender act and firearms disabilities); 23. Timothy C. Shepherd (AIS# 817616) — Full pardon granted; 24. Keith D. Sports (AIS# 234782) — Pardon granted with restriction (relief from habitual-offender act); 25. Rachel L. King (AIS# 827850) — Pardon granted with restrictions (relief from habitual-offender act and firearms disabilities); 26. Marcus D. Paul (AIS# 320474) — Denied; reset 4/2028; 27. Russell Harvey (AIS# 203852) — Denied; reset 4/2028; 28. Jonathan W. Cole (AIS# 334159) — Denied; no reset date; 29. Scotty Hammac (AIS# 249324) — Granted parole with conditions (approved halfway house, GPS monitor, drug assessment); 30. Melinda D. Washington (AIS# 174688) — Denied; reset 4/2027; 31. Cederick D. Hall (AIS# 198633) — Denied; no reset date; 32. Charles H. Bracken (AIS# 280886) — Denied; reset 4/2027; 33. Brian J. Phillips (AIS# 265674) — Denied; reset 4/2027; 34. Janarious S. Smith (AIS# 268812) — Denied; reset 4/2028; 35. Austin M. Hale (AIS# 336779) — Denied; reset 4/2028; 36. Dalton Hager (AIS# 294682) — Denied; no reset date; 37. Stephone Taylor (AIS# 185886) — Denied; reset 4/2028; 38. Patricia A. Gooden (AIS# 330426) — Granted parole with conditions (approved halfway house, GPS monitor, mental-health follow-up, drug assessment); 39. Vernon Jackson (AIS# 244621) — Denied; reset 4/2027; 40. Charles Crenshaw (AIS# 225358) — Denied; reset 4/2029.
The minutes record that the board reviewed an attached list of files for revocation and then adjourned at 1:47 p.m.; the board scheduled its next meeting for April 14, 2026. The board’s authority to consider paroles and pardons is exercised under Alabama Code, Title 15, Chapter 22; all votes recorded in the minutes were unanimous.
The minutes do not include verbatim testimony or extended statements; the docket records speakers for and against select petitions (for example, family members and reentry advocates spoke in support in several cases, and Wanda Miller of VOCAL and Jacqueline Fowler (VSO, Attorney General’s Office) are repeatedly listed among those speaking against parole in multiple cases).
