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Alabama Board denies most parole and pardon requests, grants four pardons
Summary
At its May 14, 2025 open meeting in Montgomery, the Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles denied parole or pardon requests for most people on the daily docket and granted four pardons, including two full pardons restoring civil and political rights and two pardons with restrictions.
The Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles met May 14, 2025, in Montgomery and denied parole or pardon requests for most people on its daily docket while granting a small number of pardons. Chair Leigh Gwathney presided; Associate Members Darryl Littleton and Gabrelle Simmons were present and Board Secretary Nicole Lewis recorded the actions.
The board granted full pardons to Matthew W. Green (AIS# 240950) and Earnest T. Robinson (AIS# 131394), restoring their civil and political rights, and granted pardons with restrictions (relief from habitual‑offender provisions and firearms disabilities) to Billy B. Kennedy (AIS# 132728) and Patrick G. Kelly (AIS# 824576). The meeting record shows victim advocates and a representative from the Attorney General’s Office—identified in the minutes as Wana Davis (VOCAL) and Sarah Deneve, VSO, Attorney General’s Office—spoke against several releases.
Across the docket the board denied parole for numerous applicants, often setting administrative "reset" review dates for future consideration where noted. Examples recorded in the minutes include denials with reset dates of May 2026 for Glenn Summerford (AIS# 098070) and others; denials with a reset date of May 2030 for Aaron Harris (AIS# 263419), Darien T. Hunt (AIS# 296609), John P. Williams (AIS# 282009), Willie N. Reynolds (AIS# 139068), Branthony K. Wilson (AIS# 264257); and denials with other reset dates specified for several individuals. Several denials were recorded with "no reset date".
The board also reviewed lists of files for revocation and a list of parolees declared delinquent; those lists were included in the record but the open‑meeting minutes do not report separate roll calls or detailed deliberations for each listed revocation or delinquency entry.
The meeting record does not attribute detailed deliberations to named board members beyond the formal motions to approve minutes and adjourn; where individual victims or family members appeared the minutes identify them by name and relationship (for example, Bonnie Hartnett identified as the victim’s mother). The board’s next meeting was set for May 15, 2025.
The actions taken on individual docketed names and AIS numbers are recorded in the official meeting minutes and docket attachments held by the Bureau of Pardons and Paroles.
