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Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles grants multiple pardons and paroles with reentry conditions, denies several parole requests
Summary
At its April 7, 2026 meeting in Montgomery, the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles approved several pardons (including full pardons and restorations of voting rights), granted paroles with conditions such as PREP and GPS monitoring, denied multiple parole requests with reset dates or no reset date, and continued one matter to July 7, 2026.
The Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles met in Montgomery on April 7, 2026, and acted on its daily docket, voting on a mix of pardons and parole requests and reviewing delinquent files.
Chair Hal Nash and Board Member Gabrelle Simmons presided; Nicole Lewis was recorded as board secretary. The board cited Alabama Code, Title 15, Chapter 22 as authority for the hearings.
The board approved minutes from the April 2, 2026 meeting on a motion by Hal Nash and a second from Gabrelle Simmons.
On individual docket items the board recorded unanimous votes. The board granted pardons in multiple cases, including full pardons restoring civil and political rights in several matters and pardons that provided relief from the habitual offender act and firearms disabilities in others. The board also granted one pardon limited to restoration of voting rights only.
Several paroles were granted with special conditions…
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