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Alabama Board of Pardons and Parole

Resuming parole hearings is not enough

On December 18, 2019, I watched Alabama’s parole board deny relief to every case it considered that day. It was the last day of parole hearings for the year, and I decided to observe the process in action after monitoring the data for months as paroles plummeted like an elevator with snapped cables. Under new … Continued
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April 24, 2020
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Alabama Parole Board should resist ACLU push to release more prisoners

Based on a recent report, it appears that the ACLU is more worried about convicted felons than the safety of Alabama communities. The report by the ACLU of Alabama is critical of the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles for the reforms that have reduced the number of paroles. The parole board under the leadership … Continued
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January 20, 2020