Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles denies many paroles, grants several pardons and conditional paroles

The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles met Nov. 20, 2025, in Montgomery and heard its regular daily parole and pardon docket under Alabama Code, Title 15, Chapter 22. Chair Hal Nash, Board members Darryl Littleton and Gabrelle Simmons and Board Secretary Nicole Lewis were present.

The Board recorded a mix of decisions across dozens of cases. Victim representatives and victim services officers frequently spoke against parole in individual cases; family members and attorneys sometimes urged release. The Board denied parole in many instances and in several denials set reset dates ranging from 2026 through 2030. Where parole was granted, the Board commonly imposed conditions such as placement in a day-reporting center or approved halfway house, GPS ankle monitoring, mental-health follow-up and drug assessment upon release.

Votes at a glance (selected docket outcomes reported in the meeting minutes): - Dustin B. LeGrande (AIS# 270723): denied parole; reset date 11/2030. Victim relatives and advocates spoke against parole. (SEG 001) - Wayne E. Tucker (AIS# 135212): denied parole; no reset date. Family members spoke in support; victim advocates opposed. (SEG 001) - Christopher H. McCurry (AIS# 210269): denied parole; reset date 11/2027. Family and counsel spoke for release; victim advocates opposed. (SEG 001) - Teddy Wilson (AIS# 174526): parole granted with special conditions: Tuscaloosa Day Reporting Center completion, GPS ankle monitor, mental-health follow-up and drug assessment upon release. (SEG 001) - Curby C. Andrews (AIS# 257996): parole granted with conditions including detainer/program coordination and Mobile Day Reporting Center participation. (SEG 002) - Douglas Reynolds (AIS# 236855): voting rights restored only. (SEG 002) - Eric G. Rayburn (AIS# 273312): pardon granted with relief from the habitual-offender act and relief from firearms disabilities. (SEG 002) - Stephanie L. Mclin (AIS# 256694): pardon granted with the same reliefs noted for other pardons and remittance of associated fines. (SEG 002) - Sharla C. Hodges (AIS# 827786): full pardon granted with restoration of all civil and political rights. (SEG 002) - Kenneth L. Gant Jr. (AIS# 249844): parole granted with condition to complete an approved halfway house, GPS monitor and mental-health follow-up. (SEG 002) - Thomas E. Trantham (AIS# 223643): parole granted with special conditions including mental-health follow-up, GPS monitoring and drug assessment. (SEG 003) - Multiple applicants (examples: Demonia E. Clay AIS# 196760; Jon P. Heath AIS# 228653; Bryant L. Sparks AIS# 247752; others) were denied parole and given reset dates noted in the minutes (most commonly 11/2026–11/2029) or denied with no reset date as recorded. (SEGs 002–004)

The Board also reviewed attached lists of files for revocation and delinquent parolees; the minutes note the review but do not record individual revocation hearings in the public minutes. The meeting concluded at 1:18 p.m.; the Board set its next meeting for Dec. 2, 2025, at 8:00 a.m. at 301 South Ripley Street in Montgomery.

The minutes cite the Board’s authority to conduct parole and pardon hearings under Alabama Code, Title 15, Chapter 22. The meeting record lists attendees and speakers (victim family members, victim services officers identified by agency, attorneys and applicants appearing pro se) and records each docket decision as entered in the minutes.