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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 tied to reentry and supervision. Typical conditions the board required included completion of the Perry County Probation/Parole Reentry Education Program (PREP), placement or approval at halfway‑house programs, GPS ankle monitoring, required mental‑health follow‑up, and drug assessments upon release. In multiple cases the board denied parole, recording reset dates (for example, 4/2027, 4/2028 and 4/2029) or noting no reset date for other denials.
Votes at a glance (selected docket outcomes): - Kenneth B. Sears (AIS# 283349): parole denied; reset date 4/2027. - Cameron J. Kelley (AIS# 324732): parole denied; reset date 4/2029. - Norman L. Brown (AIS# 828040): pardon granted with restrictions (relief from habitual offender act and firearms disabilities). - Dwond J. Glass (AIS# 180895): parole granted with conditions (PREP, GPS monitor, mental‑health follow‑up, drug assessment). - Gregory L. Terrell (AIS# 251875): parole granted with PREP, GPS, mental‑health follow‑up and drug assessment requirements. - Chase A. Smitherman (AIS# 330103): parole denied (no reset date specified). - Harold S. Bagwell (AIS# 288135): parole denied; reset date 4/2027. - Larry E. McKenzie (AIS# 299774): pardon granted — voting rights restored only. - Ivan Allen IV (AIS# 282507): parole granted with conditions including approved halfway house placement and a consecutive‑sentence start dated 7/29/2038. - Kelvin Boyd (AIS# 199959): full pardon granted with restoration of all civil and political rights. - Craig N. Percival (AIS# 202308); Anthony Swope (AIS# 185146); Emmett D. Childers (AIS# 828175): full pardons granted with restoration of civil and political rights. - Stephanie Jamar (AIS# 161616): pardon granted with restrictions (relief from habitual offender act and firearms disabilities). - Shawn B. Scott (AIS# 217820): pardon denied. - Darald B. King (AIS# 135173): consideration continued to 7/7/2026. - Multiple other parole denials and grants listed on the docket were recorded; the board reviewed delinquent files and a separate list of parolees declared delinquent.
The meeting adjourned at 1:17 p.m. The next board meeting was announced for April 8, 2026, at 8:00 a.m. at 301 South Ripley Street in Montgomery.
The minutes identify victim‑advocate testimony and family members speaking on behalf of applicants; the record lists India Eaves as VSO with the Attorney General’s Office and Venesha Bradley as representing VOCAL. The minutes do not record roll‑call tallies by name for each vote but record that votes were unanimous. Where the minutes specify a reset date or a specific condition, that date or condition is presented above; when the minutes say “no reset date” the article records that as “no reset date specified.”
