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Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles denies and grants multiple parole and pardon requests; list of decisions
Summary
At its June 18 meeting the board decided more than 30 parole and pardon cases: multiple denials with reset dates, several conditional parole grants requiring programs and monitoring, and a small number of pardons granted (including two full pardons). A docket of revocations and delinquency reviews was also considered.
The Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles met June 18, 2025 in Montgomery and processed its daily pardon and parole docket, voting on more than 30 individual cases.
The board denied parole for several applicants — including James Hollingsworth (AIS#146440) and others — often recording reset dates (commonly June 2026 or June 2027) or no reset date, as reflected in the minutes. The board denied a requested pardon for Terrell D. Pendleton (AIS#204452) after in-person remarks by the applicant and statements from victims and victim advocates.
The board granted full pardons restoring all civil and political rights to Yolanda E. Parham (AIS#800913) and Michael T. Martin (AIS#827241). It also granted a restricted pardon to Callie M. Lammon (AIS#827370) providing relief from provisions of the habitual offender act and firearms disabilities. Several parole grants carried special conditions: the board granted parole to Timothy C. Woodward (AIS#279800) conditioned on completing NA/AA participation, a GPS ankle monitor, a drug assessment and seeking employment on release; other grants required completion of specific reentry programs (for example, Perry County PREP, Alabama Therapeutic Educational Facility (ATEF) and the Huntsville Day Reporting Center).
The minutes show routine participation by victims' family members, the victims' services officer for the Attorney General's Office (Sarah Deneve, VSO), representatives of victim-advocacy organization VOCAL (Wana Davis), and local district attorney offices (for example Carla Counts, Jefferson County DA's Office; Crystal Vanermen, 19th Judicial Circuit DA).
The board also reviewed lists of files for revocation and delinquent files and recorded a separate Parole Court Hearing Docket. The meeting recessed for lunch from 11:40 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. and adjourned at 2:46 p.m. The next regular meeting is scheduled for June 25, 2025 at 8:00 a.m.
Votes at a glance (selected entries from the minutes): - Denied parole (reset 6/2030): James Hollingsworth (AIS#146440). - Denied pardon: Terrell D. Pendleton (AIS#204452). - Denied parole (reset 6/2027): Brian H. Smith (AIS#165387). - Denied parole (reset 6/2026): Donald Hilyer (AIS#165924). - Denied parole (no reset): Max D. Hinton (AIS#268500). - Granted full pardon: Yolanda E. Parham (AIS#800913) — restoration of all civil and political rights. - Granted full pardon: Michael T. Martin (AIS#827241) — restoration of all civil and political rights. - Granted restricted pardon (habitual-offender and firearms relief): Callie M. Lammon (AIS#827370). - Granted parole with special conditions: Timothy C. Woodward (AIS#279800) — NA/AA, GPS, drug assessment, employment requirement. - Granted parole with conditions (PREP, GPS, drug assessment): Samuel B. Mitchell (AIS#235773); Morgan T. Vandiver (AIS#164256) also granted with PREP requirement.
Why it matters: the board's decisions determine release, supervision conditions and legal status (pardons) for applicants; several grants included specific program conditions and monitoring requirements that will affect reentry supervision and community oversight.
The minutes and the board order documenting these votes are part of the public meeting record; statutory privilege limits disclosure of parole/probation files themselves but permits release of Board action sheets and orders documenting the reasons for grants or denials.
The meeting minutes list additional denials, grants and reset dates; the board also reviewed revocation and delinquency dockets during the session.
