Commission Members
Joseph A. Colquitt, Chairman
Retired Circuit Judge & Beasley Professor of Law
University of Alabama School of Law
Senator Will Barfoot
Chair
Senate Judiciary Committee
Christen Butler
Attorney
Alabama Lawyers’ Association
Spiro Cheriogotis
District Judge
Mobile County
Ted Cook
Police Chief
Mountain Brook Police Department
Michael Dean
Assistant Attorney General
Attorney General's Office
Chris Green
Chairman
Blount County Commission
Andy Hamlin
District Attorney
24th Judicial Circuit
John Hamm
Commissioner
Department of Corrections
Representative Jim Hill
Chair
House Judiciary Committee
Barbara Houts
Advocate
Victim's Advocate
Teresa Pulliam
Retired Circuit Judge
10th Judicial Circuit
C.J. Robinson
District Attorney
19th Judicial Circuit
Steve Searcy
Advocate
Victim's Advocate
Burt Smithart
Circuit Judge
3rd Judicial Circuit
Joel L. Sogol
Attorney at Law
Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
Jessica Ventiere
District Attorney
37th Judicial Circuit
Cam Ward
Executive Director
Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles
Executive Committee
Joseph A. Colquitt, Chairman
Retired Circuit Judge & Beasley Professor of Law
University of Alabama School of Law
Joel L. Sogol
Attorney at Law
Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
Advisory Council
Carol Bullard
Chief of Staff
Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles
Denis Devane
Ministry
Shepherd's Fold
Darlene Hutchinson-Biehl
Former Director
Office of Victims of Crime
Steve Lafreniere
Director
Alabama Department of Youth Services
Shelly Linderman
Project Director
VOCAL
Wanda Miller
Director
VOCAL
Adolph South
Chaplin
Tuscaloosa County
Jeff Williams
Deputy Commissioner
Alabama Department of Corrections
Commission Staff
Bennet Wright
Executive Director
Melisa Morrison
Research Analyst
Jasmine Jones
Research Analyst