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Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles denies most parole requests, grants several pardons and conditioned paroles
Summary
At its April 29, 2025 meeting in Montgomery the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles denied roughly two-thirds of parole requests heard that day, granted multiple paroles with conditions and approved several pardons and rights restorations, including a full pardon for Eulanda D. Caldwell.
The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles met April 29, 2025 in Montgomery and voted on a docket of parole and pardon petitions. The board denied more than 20 parole requests and granted multiple paroles and pardons, including a full pardon that restores all civil and political rights to Eulanda D. Caldwell.
Board action at the hearings included denials, grants with special supervision conditions, and restorations of voting rights. The board recorded denials with reset dates in several cases and some denials with no reset date; for grants the minutes list case-specific conditions such as completion of the Perry County Probation/Parole Reentry Education Program (PREP), GPS ankle monitors, NA/AA participation, mental-health follow-up, drug assessments on release and registration with Alabama Experience (ALEX). The minutes do not include a roll-call tally for each case; outcomes are recorded as "the board voted" to grant or deny.
Votes at a glance (selected items): Savantae T. Shoulders (AIS#286004) — denied parole; reset date April 2030. Speakers for release included family members; victims’ advocates opposed the request. James E. Dubose (AIS#152678) — pardon denied after opposition from the victim’s family and VOCAL/Attorney General's Office representatives. Dewayne Scott (AIS#212756) — parole granted with conditions: complete Perry County PREP, GPS ankle monitor, NA/AA, mental-health follow-up and register with ALEX. Eulanda D. Caldwell (AIS#825924) — full pardon granted with restoration of all civil and political rights. Jeremy R. Saylor (AIS#224792) — pardon granted with relief from the habitual-offender act and firearms disabilities. Kenneth A. Justice (AIS#278431) — voting rights restored only. Joshua E. Anderson (AIS#300437) — parole granted with mental-health follow-up, NA/AA, GPS monitor, ALEX registration and drug assessment upon release. James V. Bush Jr. (AIS#255997) — pardon granted with relief from habitual-offender and firearms disabilities. Shawn K. Dodson (AIS#256254) — parole granted with PREP, GPS monitor, NA/AA, mental-health follow-up and drug assessment upon release. Jeremy R. Moore (AIS#259144) — parole granted with PREP, GPS ankle monitor and drug assessment on release. O'Brien D. Gardner (AIS#301506) — parole granted with PREP, GPS monitor, mental-health follow-up, ALEX registration and drug assessment on release. Shelby J. Hollingsworth (AIS#272946) — parole granted with approved halfway-house placement, GPS ankle monitor and drug assessment on release.
Many other applicants were denied parole or pardon; several denials list reset dates (for example, reset dates of April 2026, April 2027 or April 2030 appear in the minutes) while others were denied with no reset date specified. The minutes show repeated participation by victim advocates identified as Ky' Toria Lawson (VOCAL) and India Eaves (Victim Services/Attorney General's Office) who spoke against a number of petitions.
Why it matters: Board decisions affect individuals’ custody status, conditions of supervised release and legal rights. Grants with conditions (GPS monitoring, treatment requirements, PREP participation) shape post-release supervision. Restorations of voting rights and pardons that lift habitual-offender or firearms disabilities change long-term civil status for recipients.
The board adjourned at 2:35 p.m.; the minutes record the next meeting for April 30, 2025 at 8:00 a.m. The open meeting minutes do not list individual board-member roll-call vote tallies for each docket item, only the recorded outcome that "the board voted" to grant or deny each petition.
