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Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles grants multiple pardons, issues mixed parole rulings
Summary
At its March 4, 2026 meeting in Montgomery the board granted several full pardons restoring civil and political rights and ruled on a full docket of parole applications, granting multiple paroles with conditions and denying others with reset dates noted.
The Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles met March 4, 2026, in Montgomery and issued decisions on a full docket of parole and pardon requests, including multiple full pardons that restored civil and political rights.
The three-member public record shows the board approved full pardons for Jeremy W. Chadwick, Michael D. Johnston, Sandy M. Ware, Shannon R. Whigham, Keith M. Bradford and Dwight M. Hampton. The board also granted a pardon for D'haijah M. Purvis with specific relief limited to relief from the habitual-offender act and firearms disabilities. Pardon applications for Christopher T. Connell, Stephanie L. Thedford and Andrew M. Kline were denied.
On parole cases the board’s decisions were divided. The board granted parole for Mary M. Clarke, Cornelius T. Brown, Kenard D. Knight, Robert L. Gardner, Benjamin Collins, Courtney M. Hazel and Anterio M. Drakeford, among others, but imposed special conditions in many grants. Common conditions specified in the minutes included GPS ankle monitoring, mental-health follow-up, drug assessment upon release, placement in approved halfway houses or participation in the Mobile Day Reporting Center (DRC) or local reentry education programs such as the Perry County PREP.
The board denied parole for a number of applicants and in many cases set reset dates. Examples from the docket include denials with reset dates for Danny J. Culwell (reset March 2030), Ned Woodard Jr. (reset March 2029), Andre McKinney (reset March 2028), Marquis C. Hamilton (reset September 2026) and others. Some denials were recorded with “no reset date” (for example, Leon J. Smith and Kendrick G. Fortner), per the minutes.
The minutes list speakers for and against individual parole applications — family members, attorneys and representatives of VOCAL and the Attorney General’s Office — but do not record individual board roll-call tallies. Where the minutes record conditions, they are listed verbatim (for example: “GPS Ankle Monitor, Mental Health Follow-up and Drug Assessment Upon Release” or “Detainer and/or Program, an Approved Halfway House”).
Next steps and administrative notes in the minutes include routine processing of granted pardons (restoration of rights language appears in the minute entry for full pardons) and implementation of required conditions by corrections or supervising agencies. The minutes do not specify exact timelines for condition compliance beyond “upon release” or the supervision agency responsible for monitoring each condition.
The board’s actions on March 4 are recorded in the Bureau of Pardons and Paroles minutes and attached docket lists; the board scheduled its next meeting for March 5, 2026, at 8:00 a.m. in Montgomery.
