MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – Former Mobile County Commissioner Stephen Nodine expressed gratitude Tuesday for a state pardon that he said was a “long time coming.”
Nodine was charged with murdering a woman he was having an affair with in 2010. A murder trial ended with a hung jury. He and prosecutors worked out a plea bargain to avoid a second trial. He pleaded guilty to a felony perjury charge accusing him of not being forthcoming about his finances on a form requesting a court-appointed lawyer.
The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles granted a pardon for that conviction, as well as two misdemeanors – domestic violence-harassment and an ethics charge related to his personal use of a vehicle issued by Mobile County…