A Clarke County man sentenced for the murder of a mother and young son in an automobile crash is up for possible parole. Marquez R. Rankin’s case will be one of more than 150 before the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles Jan. 17-19. Rankin was sentenced in December 2006 to 22 years for the reckless vehicle murder of Helida Robinson Reid and her son, Derrick Lashaun Robinson. Rankin was charged with drag racing on the Walker Springs Road on Feb. 12, 2004 when his vehicle crashed head-on into the Robinson vehicle, killing the two occupants. He pleaded guilty in...

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