The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles denied parole for Marquez R. Rankin at a hearing Jan. 19. Rankin is serving a 22- year sentence for the reckless vehicle murder of Helida Robinson Reid and her son, Derrick Lashaun Robinson. Rankin was drag racing on the Walker Springs Road on Feb. 12, 2004 when he crashed head-on into the Robinson vehicle, killing both occupants. He pleaded guilty to the fatality in Clarke County Circuit Court and was given the sentence he is now serving in the Fountain Correctional Center. His scheduled release date is December 2028. The pardons and paroles...

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