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29-2-161
Section 29-2-161 Eligibility exceptions. (a) A person serving a term of imprisonment
for a crime other than a crime for which the person was wrongfully incarcerated shall not
be eligible to receive compensation pursuant to this article. (b) A person shall not be eligible
to receive compensation pursuant to this article if the sentence for the crime of which the
person was mistakenly convicted was served concurrently with the sentence for the conviction
of another crime. (c) A person shall not be eligible for compensation if he or she was convicted
of any of the acts charged with in conjunction with the charge which resulted in the wrongful
conviction or his or her acts or omissions constituted a felony or misdemeanor against the
state. (d) To be eligible to recover a sum of money as described by this article because of
his or her wrongful incarceration, an individual shall not have been the subject of an act
of the Legislature that authorized an award of compensation for his or her...
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29-2-156
Section 29-2-156 Eligibility for compensation. In order to be eligible to receive compensation
for wrongful incarceration a person must: (1) Have been convicted by the state of one or more
felony offenses, all of which the person was innocent, and have served time in prison as a
result of the conviction or convictions; or (2) Have been incarcerated pretrial on a state
felony charge, for at least two years through no fault of his or her own, before having charges
dismissed based on innocence. (Act 2001-659, p. 1359, §7.)...
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14-9-41
Section 14-9-41 Computation of incentive time deductions. (a) Each prisoner who shall
hereafter be convicted of any offense against the laws of the State of Alabama and is confined,
in execution of the judgment or sentence upon any conviction, in the penitentiary or at hard
labor for the county or in any municipal jail for a definite or indeterminate term, other
than for life, whose record of conduct shows that he or she has faithfully observed the rules
for a period of time to be specified by this article may be entitled to earn a deduction from
the term of his or her sentence as follows: (1) Seventy-five days for each 30 days actually
served while the prisoner is classified as a Class I prisoner. (2) Forty days for each 30
days actually served while the prisoner is a Class II prisoner. (3) Twenty days for each 30
days actually served while the prisoner is a Class III prisoner. (4) No good time shall accrue
during the period the prisoner is classified as a Class IV prisoner. (b)...
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15-23-23
Section 15-23-23 Certain persons deemed ineligible for compensation. Any person who
shall perpetrate any criminally injurious conduct on the person of another or who shall be
convicted of a felony after making application to the Alabama Crime Victims Compensation Commission
for compensation shall not be eligible or entitled to receive compensation pursuant to any
provision of this article. (Acts 1984, No. 84-658, p. 1308, §23.)...
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15-18-171
Section 15-18-171 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have
the following meanings, respectively, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) APPLICATION
PROCESS AND PROCEDURES. The criteria and guidelines developed by the Department of Corrections
for the establishment of community punishment and corrections programs, the granting of funds
for programs authorized herein, and the monitoring, evaluation, and review of programs funded
herein. (2) BOARD. The board of directors of the authority or the board of directors of a
nonprofit entity. (3) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of the Department of Corrections. (4)
COMMUNITY. The county or counties comprising one or more judicial circuits. (5) COMMUNITY
PUNISHMENT AND CORRECTIONS AUTHORITY. A public corporation organized pursuant to the provisions
of this article. (6) COMMUNITY PUNISHMENT AND CORRECTIONS PROGRAM. Any program designed as
an alternative to incarceration and maintained by a county commission or an...
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15-22-36
Section 15-22-36 Authority to grant pardons and paroles, remit fines and forfeitures,
etc.; notice of board action. (a) In all cases, except treason and impeachment and cases in
which sentence of death is imposed and not commuted, as is provided by law, the Board of Pardons
and Paroles, after conviction and not otherwise, may grant pardons and paroles and remit fines
and forfeitures. (b) Each member of the Board of Pardons and Paroles favoring a pardon, parole,
remission of a fine or forfeiture, or restoration of civil and political rights shall enter
in the file his or her reasons in detail, which entry and the order shall be public records,
but all other portions of the file shall be privileged. (c) No pardon shall relieve one from
civil and political disabilities unless specifically expressed in the pardon. No pardon shall
be granted unless the prisoner has successfully completed at least three years of permanent
parole or until the expiration of his or her sentence if his or her...
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15-22-113
Section 15-22-113 Conditions; petition; hearing. (a) A person convicted of a Class A
or Class B felony in this state shall be a candidate for a posthumous pardon if all of the
following conditions are satisfied: (1) He or she is deceased. (2) The person's circumstances
of conviction provide a compelling reason or reasons to consider granting a posthumous pardon
to remedy social injustice associated with racial discrimination. (3) He or she did not receive
a pardon for his or her felony conviction at issue from this state while living. (4) The acts
forming the basis for his or her felony conviction or convictions at issue were committed
at least 80 years prior to the date of the petition. (b) A petitioner may petition the board
to consider granting a posthumous pardon for a specific compelling reason or reasons for the
purpose of remedying social injustice associated with racial discrimination evident by the
person's circumstances of conviction. (c)(1) The petition shall include...
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20-2-190.2
Section 20-2-190.2 Electronic drug offender tracking system. (a) For the purposes of
this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) DRUG RELATED
CONVICTION. Any conviction or plea of nolo contendere for the offense of possession, distribution,
trafficking, or any degree of manufacture of controlled substances, or drug paraphernalia.
A drug related conviction shall also include the inchoate crimes of attempt, solicitation,
or conspiracy of any of the drug related crimes. (2) DRUG OFFENDER. Any person who has any
conviction listed in subdivision (1). (b) Effective January 1, 2013, the State Bureau of Investigations
shall implement a real-time electronic drug offender tracking system to catalogue all criminal
convictions in this state of persons convicted of felonies or misdemeanors involving the possession,
distribution, manufacture, or trafficking of controlled substances. This catalogue shall include,
but not be limited to, paraphernalia convictions,...
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15-18-175
Section 15-18-175 Eligibility; exclusion; sentencing. (a) An offender who meets one
of the following minimum criteria shall be considered eligible for punishment in the community
under this article: (1) Persons who, without this option, would be incarcerated in a correctional
institution or who are currently incarcerated in a correctional institution. (2) Persons who
are convicted of misdemeanors. (b) The following offenders are excluded from consideration
for punishment in the community: (1) Persons who are convicted of offenses as listed in subdivision
(14) of Section 15-18-171. (2) Persons who demonstrate a pattern of violent behavior.
In reaching this determination, the court may consider prior convictions and other acts not
resulting in conviction or criminal charges, and the offender's behavior while in state or
county confinement. (c) The eligibility criteria established in this section shall
be interpreted as guidelines for the benefit of the court in making a determination of...
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16-28-40
Section 16-28-40 License applicant under 19 to provide documentation of school enrollment,
etc.; duties of school attendance official; withdrawal from school; conviction for certain
pistol offenses. (a) The Department of Public Safety shall deny a driver's license or a learner's
license for the operation of a motor vehicle to any person under the age of 19 who does not,
at the time of application, present a diploma or other certificate of graduation issued to
the person from a secondary high school of this state or any other state, or documentation
that the person: (1) is enrolled and making satisfactory progress in a course leading to a
general educational development certificate (GED) from a state approved institution or organization,
or has obtained the certificate; (2) is enrolled in a secondary school of this state or any
other state and has not at the time of application accumulated disciplinary points while a
student in school that would extend the age of eligibility for the...
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