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Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles grants multiple paroles and pardons, denies several others
Summary
At its Aug. 13 meeting in Montgomery the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles granted 11 paroles (many with GPS and treatment conditions), issued multiple pardons (including relief from habitual-offender and firearms restrictions), and denied a comparable number of parole requests, often setting reset dates; vote tallies were not listed in the minutes.
Hal Nash, Chairperson of the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles, convened the board in Montgomery at 8:30 a.m. on Aug. 13, 2025, to hear its daily docket of parole and pardon requests under Alabama Code, Title 15, Chapter 22. After routine approval of minutes, the board reviewed individual files, briefly entered executive session to examine case files and then returned to record votes on paroles and pardons.
The board voted to grant parole in 11 cases and denied parole in 12 others; it also granted multiple pardons and denied at least one pardon. Many grants were conditioned on reentry supervision and treatment: commonly listed conditions include placement in an approved halfway house or day reporting center, GPS ankle monitoring, mental-health follow-up, NA/AA participation and drug assessment upon release. Several pardons explicitly provided relief tied to the habitual-offender act and associated firearms disabilities. The minutes do not list roll-call tallies for individual votes.
Speakers for and against release appeared in multiple cases. Venesha Bradley of VOCAL and Sarah Deneve, listed as VSO with the Attorney General’s Office, are recorded repeatedly as opposing parole in several dockets. Nonprofit reentry groups and family members also spoke in favor of release in some cases: Carla Crowder of Alabama Appleseed and Paige Duncan of Redemption Earned spoke on behalf of at least two applicants and the board included referrals to those organizations in at least one grant.
Votes and notable outcomes recorded in the minutes include: Brandy D. Mize (AIS# 290254) — parole granted with conditions including an approved halfway house, mental-health follow-up, GPS ankle monitor, NA/AA and drug assessment. Vic D. Houston (AIS# 222491) — parole granted with conditions including mental-health follow-up, GPS ankle monitor, NA/AA and drug assessment. Kenton M. Hall (AIS# 215571) — parole denied; reset date Aug. 2027. Michael A. McNeily (AIS# 136553) — parole denied; reset date Aug. 2029. Billy R. Marchman (AIS# 244172) — parole denied; reset date Aug. 2030. Robert Turner (AIS# 116815) — parole denied; reset date Aug. 2028. Walter L. Frazier (AIS# 138560) — parole granted with an approved home plan, GPS monitoring, mental-health follow-up, drug assessment and referrals to Alabama Appleseed and Redemption Earned. Shaun D. Davis (AIS# 170492) — parole granted with conditions including employment-seeking, mental-health follow-up, GPS monitoring and drug assessment. Sashim M. Hampton (AIS# 196393) — parole denied; reset date Aug. 2028. Dante D. Sadler (AIS# 189319) — parole denied; reset date Dec. 2025. Shelby P. Blackmon (AIS# 337981) — parole granted with conditions including the Huntsville Day Reporting Center, GPS monitoring, mental-health follow-up and drug assessment. Paul Cruz (AIS# 827485) — pardon granted with restriction relieving habitual-offender designation. Perry L. Curry Jr. (AIS# 285010) — parole granted contingent on completion of ATEF, approved halfway house, NA/AA, GPS monitoring, mental-health follow-up and drug assessment. Orlando M. Rowser (AIS# 827384) — pardon granted with restrictions (habitual-offender relief and firearms disabilities lifted). Lavencient S. Allen (AIS# 240197) — parole granted with Tuscaloosa Day Reporting Center condition, GPS monitoring, mental-health follow-up and drug assessment. Shawn D. Bolding (AIS# 314893) — parole granted with completion of the Perry County PREP program and other standard conditions. Keith H. Turner II (AIS# 317673) — board granted voting rights only and remission of fines in associated cases (as recorded). Ron D. Moses (AIS# 255019), Edward Goodson (AIS# 827496), Jeffrey W. Brenner (AIS# 827482), Drenton L. Davis (AIS# 827488), Rodney W. Files (AIS# 803033) and Juanean C. Jolly (AIS# 827491) — pardons granted with restrictions tied to habitual-offender and firearms disabilities, per the minutes. Terry L. Williams (AIS# 827452) — pardon denied. Phillip E. Hampton (AIS# 158142), David E. Andrews Jr. (AIS# 303957), Travis E. Brooks (AIS# 262215), J.C. McGaster (AIS# 175712), Billy R. Ford Jr. (AIS# 285207) and Nichlous B. Day (AIS# 293568) — parole denied (reset dates recorded for most denials in the minutes).
The minutes record that the board entered an executive session beginning at 9:03 a.m. and reconvened at 9:12 a.m. to vote on multiple files. The record does not supply individual roll-call tallies, and motions (mover/second) are not listed for each docket vote in the transcripted minutes; where a motion or second is recorded (minutes approval and adjournment) the mover and seconder are named. The board also reviewed a list of delinquent parolee files as part of routine business.
The meeting adjourned at 1:37 p.m.; the next meeting was scheduled for Aug. 14, 2025, at 8:00 a.m. at 301 South Ripley Street in Montgomery.
Votes were recorded in the minutes as outcomes (granted/denied with conditions or reset dates); the transcript does not include roll-call tallies or more detailed voting records for individual docket items.
