Rep. Chris England told reporters about Leigh Gwathney: “Either the process is broken or her decision-making process is terrible.'
Published: Oct. 23, 2024, 6:13 p.m.Leigh Gwathney took the podium in Montgomery on Wednesday, facing a group of Alabama lawmakers both Republican and Democrat who wanted to know why theAt one point, a lawmaker asked why the board doesn’t let inmates attend their own hearings.
His son was 31 when he was killed in prison this summer. Mathis said his son would still be alive if he had been paroled. “It can be looked at that we are only looking for one side of things,” Gwathney said as she explained how files are compiled for each inmate applicant. “That could not be further from the truth.”When asked about those guidelines, data and methodology, Gwathney said she didn’t know the definitions for what’s listed in board data as active versus inactive offenders.Gwathney talked about the board’s existing guidelines, but said they were set in 2018, prior to her appointment.
She started naming people who previously worked at the board, seemingly pointing to them for creating the guidelines. “I don’t know that it’s right for me to throw out people’s names when everybody’s unhappy with something.”“One of the two needs to be adjusted to reality,” Chambliss said about the difference in the guideline parole rate and the actual parole rate.
He also said the board isn’t transparent with why they deny the majority of people who come up for a hearing. “These folks can’t go back and fix what’s wrong if they don’t know what’s wrong.” “At our meeting in January, we asked six to seven questions. Your counsel wrote those questions down. I want the answer to those questions by the end of November,” Chambliss said.
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