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Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles grants several pardons, denies multiple parole requests at May 15 meeting
Summary
At its May 15, 2025 meeting in Montgomery, the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles approved several full pardons and restorations of voting rights, granted parole in a small number of cases with conditions, and denied multiple parole requests with reset dates or no reset dates specified.
The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles met in Montgomery on May 15, 2025, and took action on the day’s docket of pardon and parole requests. Chair Leigh Gwathney presided and Nicole Lewis, board secretary, recorded the actions; the meeting opened at 9:07 a.m. and adjourned at 12:48 p.m.
The board approved minutes from its May 14 meeting before proceeding through the published docket. The board granted full pardons restoring all civil and political rights to several applicants, including Mark S. Eaton, Raymond L. Welch, Anthony M. Williams and Shannon S. Goolsby. The board also issued pardons with limitations in several cases, where relief did not remove habitual-offender status or firearms disabilities (for example, Thomas A. Irvin and Kenneth O. French Jr.). In at least two cases the board restored voting rights only (Andeance D. Rupert and Randy D. Scott).
On parole matters, the board granted parole with special conditions in a small number of cases. Anthony C. Nelson was granted parole with conditions requiring completion of the Perry County Probation/Parole Reentry Education Program (PREP), GPS ankle monitoring, participation in NA/AA, mental-health follow-up and a drug assessment upon release. Stefanie L. Rothwell was granted parole contingent on completion of the Alabama Therapeutic Educational Facility (ATEF) program, placement in an approved halfway house, GPS monitoring, NA/AA participation, mental-health assessment and a drug assessment.
The board denied parole for multiple applicants. Denials with reset dates included Michael J. Green (reset May 2028), D'Shaun A. Stallings (reset May 2029), Cameron B. Adams (reset October 2025) and others; several denials included no reset date (for example, William D. Dixon, Darius Hampton, James S. Greene, Deshon W. Coplin and Ronald W. Lynn). For cases with opposition recorded, speakers opposing clemency included Bill Lisenby of VOCAL and India Eaves, a Veterans Service Officer with the Attorney General’s Office. Supporters or witnesses who spoke for applicants included family members and advocates such as Matt Merrill of The ARC, Patricia Oliver, April Thompson and friends or relatives listed on the docket.
The board reviewed a list of delinquent files, reported no additional business and set its next meeting for May 20, 2025, at 8:00 a.m. at 301 South Ripley Street in Montgomery. Actions recorded in the minutes cite the board's authority to conduct these hearings under Alabama Code, Title 15, Chapter 22.
The minutes do not list individual vote tallies for each docket item beyond noting majority votes where required. Where the minutes list a reset date or special conditions, this article reports those details exactly as listed in the official minutes.
