About a month and a half into Hal Nash’s term as chair of the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles, civil rights and criminal ...

The size of the universe. Quantum mechanics. And the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles getting compliments. But criminal ...

The new chair said granting parole is about fairness to the victims of crimes, the general public, and the inmates who are ...

The Alabama parole board just released proposed new guidelines for who should get a second chance, making it harder for some people to be recommended for parole. The proposed guidelines are more ...

The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles held 19 hearings on Aug. 6, one of which involved a Chilton County offender.

There are two elements critical to a functioning prison system. Security and hope. Alabama doesn’t do well on either.

Marchman, who is currently serving 99 years for the 2004 murder of his wife, Pamela Stewart Marchman, has had considerable ...

The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles held 17 hearings on Aug. 12, one of which involved a Chiton offender being granted their early release.

With historically low grant rates, the three-member board (which had only two members for much of 2023) is a door-stop blocking many deserving applicants from freedom.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Alabama's parole board decided Wednesday against freeing a one-time Ku Klux Klansman convicted in a church bombing that killed four black girls more than 50 years ago.

Last year, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey imposed a 75-day moratorium on early paroles and replaced the parole board chairman. The parole board tightened rules in response to the criticism from Ivey and ...

Church bombing survivor Sarah Collins Rudolph speaks to Alabama’s parole board in opposition of an early release for convicted bomber Thomas Blanton Jr. on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016.