Redemption Earned: Alabama Alum Magazine
Redemption Earned was featured in the University of Alabama Alum Magazine. See at the link below. Redemption-Earned-NAA (1)
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Redeemed: Larry Jordan [NPR- “When a prison sentence becomes a death sentence”]
When a prison sentence becomes a death sentence April 27, 20235:01 AM ET By Fred Clasen-Kelly (NPR News) Larry Jordan, 74, served 38 years in an Alabama prison and is in poor health now. One reason the U.S. trails other developed countries in life expectancy, experts say, is that it has more people behind bars […]
Redeemed: Charles Copeland
On Friday, November 18th around 9am, Charles Copeland became a free man (See video above of his release). After serving 32-years in prison he was finally able to go home with his family who arrived from Georgia to pick him up. This moment was bittersweet. Mr. Copeland who was suffering from stage four liver cancer […]
Redeemed: Moses Summerville
In 1986, Moses Summerville entered a Taco Bell unarmed and made an unfounded threat in an attempt to obtain money. In response, an employee defended the restaurant by throwing hot grease at Mr. Summerville, causing him to leave the premises and seek medical attention and police intervention. As a result of his actions, he was […]
Redemption Earned Parole Reform- House Bill 228
We are please to announce, Rep. Chris England has filed the Redemption Earned Parole Reform Bill: HB228. Please contact your House member and ask for their support. The Bill accomplishes the following: (1) Mandates virtual appearance for parole-eligible individuals at their parole hearings. (2) Establishes for those who are 50 yrs of age or older […]
Alabama prisons—it’s getting harder and harder to get out alive.
Leola Harris is 71 years old, wheelchair-bound, suffering from end stage renal disease and diabetes. She has served over 19 years of a 35-year sentence at Tutwiler prison. On January 10th, she was denied medical parole. The day of her hearing, the Parole Board granted parole to just 1 of the 46 incarcerated individuals up […]
CRIME & PUNISHMENT vs. REDEMPTION & FORGIVENESS
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT–These FIRST two words form the foundation of our criminal justice system. When crimes are committed and a perpetrator is charged, other words become important: presumption of innocence, constitutional rights, and fairness. In Judge Kechia S. Davis’ courtroom, another word was the theme for the day: forgiveness. Yes, Barbara Ekes, the mother of […]
Executive Director’s Corner: Leola Harris, a dying woman DENIED parole.
As the Executive Director of Redemption Earned, I attended our first medical parole hearing before the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles. This week, the Parole Board denied medical parole to a dying woman, a Redemption Earned client, Leola Harris. This denial by the Parole Board was a blatant violation of its role in the […]
Work release program is a WIN for everyone in Alabama
As a part of the Redemption Earned (RE) initiative, made possible through a grant from the American College of Trial Lawyers, we have set a goal to provide free legal assistance to over 100 interested incarcerated individuals so that they can become eligible for work-release in our first year. We call this initiative the WIN Program […]
WAFF Report: Parole denials skyrocket in Alabama
by Megan Plotka More than four years ago, Alabama prisons were overcrowded to the point of being unconstitutional, according to federal court judges. Now, new data shows fewer paroles may be compounding that problem. In just four years, parole denials in Alabama nearly doubled. That’s according to data from the Alabama Bureau of Pardons & Paroles […]
